Political transparency has always been antithetical to government by an aristocratic elite. But what about the US? Has the country ever had a government of, by, and for the people? How to build one?
The Day the Cloud Became a Factory
“This is a more personal and subjective consideration reflecting my thoughts on the development of data centers and the need for responsible innovation in a period of great uncertainty about our becoming.” (Bruno Grippay)
Intellectual Elites against Democracy
James Madison’s reference to the “confusion and intemperance” of the multitude used to be the rationale of a government by the elite. What is the intellectual legacy of elitism in the United States today?
Design to Distribute
Conventional economic wisdom is that austerity and inequality are necessary pains of growth. Data show, on the contrary, that to benefit all people the economy must first be designed this way.
Domestic Politics in the Era of Superpower and Empire
By its military and economic weight on the international stage, the U.S. rightly fits the definition of an empire. To stand, it needs to deny ordinary Americans a genuine democracy.