by Peter Schurman | Apr 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
When considering a global democracy, it makes sense to ask what policy outcomes would result from enabling everyone in the world to vote. There’s a lot of polling data that suggests generally reassuring answers to this question. Not all mainstream American values are...
by Peter Schurman | Apr 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
When we think about the logistics of enabling everyone on earth to participate in a single democracy, it’s intuitive to envision technology playing a central role. The potential advantages for scale and cost-efficiency are compelling. Unfortunately, it’s not as...
by Peter Schurman | Mar 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
I believe that world peace is possible, within our lifetimes, and that we should make it our goal. Is there any higher goal? I can’t think of one. If we define world peace not as the elimination of all conflict, but rather as the end of wars — organized violence...