The 24th of February 2022 was without a doubt a watershed moment in modern history. As always, the Germans have a fitting word to describe the situation: Zeitenwende (meaning approx. turning point in time). Only three days after the invasion of Ukraine, German chancellor Olaf Scholz used the expression Zeitenwende to announce that his government would make a firm commitment…
Imagine if we could reach consensus on polarised issues like abortion or climate change, which for years politicians have largely failed to adddress, by randomly picking ordinary people to discuss them together – sounds like a naïve utopia, right?…
By Carl Sjölin Fagerlind I’ve always been fascinated by voting systems. That’s…
The 24th of February 2022 was without a doubt a watershed moment in modern history. As always, the Germans have a fitting word to describe the situation: Zeitenwende (meaning approx. turning point in time). Only three days after the invasion of Ukraine, German chancellor Olaf Scholz used the expression Zeitenwende…
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Imagine if we could reach consensus on polarised issues like abortion or climate change, which for years politicians have largely failed to adddress, by randomly picking ordinary people to discuss them together – sounds like a naïve utopia, right?…
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By Carl Sjölin Fagerlind I’ve always been fascinated by voting systems. That’s right, voting systems. I can spend hours researching more effective and fair voting methods on the internet, which I would then fervently advocate for, even in the most trivial of moments – from choosing a party’s theme to…
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