Part of the problem is that the people have no direct voice over the policies that shape their lives. Even Plato hinted that people will always be unsatisfied w

Part of the problem is that the people have no direct voice over the policies that shape their lives. Even Plato hinted that people will always be unsatisfied with their rulers (be they kings or democratic electorate) in writing, "People unwilling to govern themselves will be ruled by those deemed unfit to govern." Fortunately, ubiquitous computing opens up new approaches to democracy. https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/ https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/