I love this new reflection on the experience of randomness in governance from @lizbarry.bsky.social of @metagov.bsky.social metagov.substack.com/p/randomness...

fly close to your neighbor, but not too close, and head toward the center - Cecile Green, birds

🇳🇵Discord has practically become a temporary parliament in Nepal, after the government was overthrown. Discord server has been visited by over 100,000 people, and political debates, nominations, and voting take place there.

@lizbarry.bsky.social, executive director at @metagov.bsky.social, and @josephgubbels.bsky.social, political theory fellow, critique AI-driven simulations that replace genuine public participation with algorithmic representations of citizens, arguing they undermine empowerment + capacity-building.