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The Shared Centre
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Democracy by Theatre: Why Boring Policies Matter Ever wonder why schools crumble while politicians argue about culture wars? Itâs because fixing education isnât "entertaining" enough for the news cycle. Weâve turned democracy into a reality TV show, and weâre paying the price.
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Check out the
@ngruen.bsky.social
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#democracy
at
@thesharedcentre.bsky.social
. There are twenty in the series.
www.thesharedcentre.com
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MediaActive âŞď¸EQUALITY âŞď¸JUSTICE âŞď¸PEACE
9 days ago
PODCAST
@ngruen.bsky.social
in conversation with
@mediaactive.bsky.social
about Gruenâs online video series, âAwakening Our Better Angelsâ.
#democracy
#sortition
rss.com/podcasts/tra...
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"AWAKENING OUR BETTER ANGELS": NICHOLAS GRUEN | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Nicholas is CEO of Lateral Economics, a policy economist, and a frequent commentator on mainstream and independent media.Over the last couple of years, Nicholas has been working on a video series, wit...
https://rss.com/podcasts/transitzone/2348683/
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TegenVerkiezingen.nl
23 days ago
Australian economist and CEO Nicholas Gruen recently launched the first of a twenty-episode series of short videos on sortition and citizens' assemblies.
#GetLucky
#Sortition
#Lottocracy
www.tegenverkiezingen.nl/gruen-komt-m...
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The Shared Centre
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7. Why democracyâs failing - and can we fight back?
Democracy feels like itâs in trouble. We see ferocious political competition, polarisation, and attacks on the very rules of the game. Institutions that were supposed to protect the 'shared centre' â like the rule of law, free and fair elections, and even impartial judges â are being eroded by parti
https://youtu.be/vgRaZA2CpDQ
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The Shared Centre
20 days ago
You believe in shared rules, but what happens when politicians ignore them? We are seeing a new crisis of democratic norms. Can our leaders save us? The shocking answer is NO. Find out why the defence of democracy must be taken off the politicians and given back the people!
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The Shared Centre
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Theyâre pseudo-conversations, orchestrated by paid entertainers & advocates with fixed positions, playing to the gallery, harvesting attention, & selling it to advertisers. To find out more, watch video 4 of The Shared Centre series here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAv...
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4. We canât talk it through any more: why?
YouTube video by Nicholas Gruen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLAvrZEF_oU&list=PLDt89hnd2RoeE9NcYU0OC4oQkZ-3ODvbv&index=4
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Most disagreements are mostly misunderstandings Something I really believe! And don't miss the great comment - by a Russian teacher of game making - it seems.
youtube.com/shorts/KPOPQ...
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The Real Reason We Fail to Understand Each Other
YouTube video by Nicholas Gruen
https://youtube.com/shorts/KPOPQcYpzAQ?feature=share
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
.../ This fragile fabric of communication is what makes us a truly remarkable species and allows us to achieve things no other species can. To find out more, visit The Shared Centre video series by clicking the link in the bio or watch the reel in full here:
www.youtube.com/shorts/j_wl4...
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The Miracle of Human Communication Explained
YouTube video by Nicholas Gruen
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j_wl4XfjNoA
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
What Tennis Teaches Us About Fairness and Rules Are we competing, or are we cooperating? You might think the answer is obvious, but tennis shows us something deeper. Every rally depends on rules, fairness, and cooperation â without them, the game collapses.
www.youtube.com/shorts/y1ehw...
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What Tennis Teaches Us About Fairness and Rules
YouTube video by Nicholas Gruen
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y1ehwzPhli4
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This weekâs substack - with Video 5 And remember as far as the video is concerned
#LikeShareSaveTheWorld
Do you really want to be telling your grandchildren that you didnât like and share when you had the chance?
@thesharedcentre.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...
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Getting a dictator to whip us into line edition
And other things I encountered during the week
https://open.substack.com/pub/nicholasgruen/p/getting-a-dictator-to-whip-us-into
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
The conversations around The Shared Centre is growing and weâd love for you to grow with us! đż Come and visit us in our Discord community where you can connect with like-minded people, swap ideas, share updates, and get involved in our chat. đŹ Join the conversation using the link in our bio!
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Yes, rather the problem But why use the word 'offended'? Strange usage in that context.
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Nice to see it back just as it was in Lincoln's Day
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This weekâs substack - with Video 5 And remember as far as the video is concerned
#LikeShareSaveTheWorld
Do you really want to be telling your grandchildren that you didnât like and share when you had the chance?
@thesharedcentre.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...
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Getting a dictator to whip us into line edition
And other things I encountered during the week
https://open.substack.com/pub/nicholasgruen/p/getting-a-dictator-to-whip-us-into
about 1 month ago
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One step forward ⌠Netherlands centrist party wins big in election as far right loses support
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
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Netherlands centrist party wins big in election as far right loses support
The centre-left D66 has made its largest ever gains and almost tripled its seats in parliament.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/30/netherlands-centrist-party-wins-big-in-election-as-far-right-loses-support
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
Itâs what makes conversation, teaching, and cooperation possible. Our âtheory of mindâ is our real superpower, not brute intelligence.
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
.../Conversations shape our relationships, our politics, our culture & even our sense of self. Unfortunately, most public âconversationsâ arenât conversations at all.
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What a difference a few years make!
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Most disagreements are mostly misunderstandings Something I really believe! And don't miss the great comment - by a Russian teacher of game making - it seems.
youtube.com/shorts/KPOPQ...
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The Real Reason We Fail to Understand Each Other
YouTube video by Nicholas Gruen
https://youtube.com/shorts/KPOPQcYpzAQ?feature=share
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Better Things Are Possible
2 months ago
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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Conservative conceptions of manhood always included being quick to anger and the tinge of violence but it also included not whining, being taciturn, being hardworking , etc. Clint Eastwood, not a 12 year old raging at Mom for not having chicken nuggets.
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i kind of prefer doing business with firms that havenât bribed the President.
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Jason Linkins
about 1 month ago
terrific thread but this is worth a highlight: the GOP understands that politics is a way to contruct a majority, Democrats, on the other and, imagine a majority and try to construct a politics that reflects their imaginings (see also: Schumer, Chuck; "the Baileys")
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After over a year or using these things, I'm still saying 'please' to AIs. I guess I'm just a nice guy ;)
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
Is life a competition or a team game? đž The truth is, itâs both & when self-interest takes over, everything breaks down. From politics to academia, weâve lost the balance. To fix our institutions, we need to rebuild trust and put cooperation back at the centre. To find out more follow us here.
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This is a sentimental country folksong. But at least as I heard it, its ultimate subject is sentiment as a fatal siren song. Or, as another great modern folksong - this time from the city - has it âa man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the restâ.
youtu.be/6uQNRTnsntY?...
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Nanci Griffith-Other Voices|Other Rooms-Pt 4 - Kate Wolf''s - Across the Great Divide
YouTube video by kennethrm
https://youtu.be/6uQNRTnsntY?si=7SZQxc-ACf57YLwX
about 1 month ago
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Being unpretentious, we often do a good monument us Aussies! Irish Famine Memorial
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Home - Irish Famine Memorial
https://irishfaminememorial.org/
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This is a sentimental country folksong. But at least as I heard it, its ultimate subject is sentiment as a fatal siren song. Or, as another great modern folksong - this time from the city - has it âa man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the restâ.
youtu.be/6uQNRTnsntY?...
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Nanci Griffith-Other Voices|Other Rooms-Pt 4 - Kate Wolf''s - Across the Great Divide
YouTube video by kennethrm
https://youtu.be/6uQNRTnsntY?si=7SZQxc-ACf57YLwX
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Fixing the world, one video at a time The time has come. 2 years in the making 20 videos on how to fix our world - as if passing through a portal
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Fixing the world, one video at a time
The beginning of a new adventure
https://open.substack.com/pub/nicholasgruen/p/fixing-the-world-one-video-at-a-time?r=3lzfp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
The fourth video in The Shared Centre series launched today, and in it, Nicholas Gruen explores how we can rebuild the art of conversation and the benefits it could bring to civil society. Conversations build our lives.../
#conversations
#thesharedcentre
#jordanpeterson
#CathyNewman
#relationships
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
In The Shared Centre video series Nicholas explores communication and cooperation further to listen to more on this, click on the link in the bio.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCXF...
#cooperation
#thesharedcentre
#communication
#relationships
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Nicholas Gruen
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
Did you know humans are worse than chimps at some simple cognitive tasks? Nicholas Gruen explains why: our brains are wired for social understanding, not raw problem-solving. We constantly track what others are thinking, predicting responses & adapting our behaviour - skills chimps canât match.
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
/...If soldiers could do that in war, we can do it too in building better institutions and a healthier democracy. To find out more follow us here or click the link in the bio to find out more.
youtube.com/shorts/PCVQp...
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What WWI Soldiers Teach Us About Working Together
YouTube video by Nicholas Gruen
https://youtube.com/shorts/PCVQpQxRPJs?feature=share
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The Shared Centre
about 1 month ago
Soldiers in World War I invented secret codes of cooperation. They would not shoot at certain times, and a strange kind of chivalry grew in the middle of the trenches. By thinking about their own self-interest and that of the enemy, they found a way to entangle them.../
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Steve Randy Waldman
about 2 months ago
âWhen someone threatens to burn down your house unless you do as you're told, and then they burn your house down anyway, you don't have to keep doing what they told you.â ~Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/p...
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Pluralistic: The mad kingâs digital killswitch (20 Oct 2025) â Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics
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about 2 months ago
I remember when my toddler reached the poopoo/peepee stage of humor. It was a really fun part of being a parent. Notably, we did not give him the nuclear codes.
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The Shared Centre
about 2 months ago
Mutual obligation â a super power or a tangled web? Nicholas Gruen
@ngruen.bsky.social
explores this and other conundrums in his upcoming YouTube series âThe Shared Centreâ. Launching on Thursday 16th October, share and let your friends know! Find out more here:
linktr.ee/TheSharedCen...
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The Shared Centre
about 2 months ago
The first 3 videos in
@ngruen.bsky.social
's new YouTube series are now released, with original music by Brian Eno! Watch to discover why our leaders are so self-serving, how teamwork made us human, and how insiders are sabotaging our institutions
#TheSharedCentre
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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The Shared Centre - Awakening Our Better Angels - YouTube
The Shared Centre brings a book-sized vision to life through 20 bite-sized explainer videos. Economist Nicholas Gruen reveals the flaws in how we engage citi...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDt89hnd2RoeE9NcYU0OC4oQkZ-3ODvbv
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On reading this. Ike seems like a class act. An instinctive moderate who gave peace a chance when it really mattered. See also his letter to his brother on accepting the New Deal as part of the American compact, even if he had a more modest idea of the role of government.
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The Shared Centre
about 2 months ago
Similarly politicians compete for our votes. These ideas have worked miracles. But theyâve left a rising residue of careerism and self-interested leadership. In
#thesharedcentre
YouTube series launching on Thursday 16th October 2025
@ngruen.bsky.social
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Nicholas Gruen
https://www.youtube.com/@NicholasGruen
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"Democracy is a system based on trust in the human sense of responsibility, which it ought to awaken and cultivate." Vaclav Havel
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The Shared Centre
about 2 months ago
Sometimes policy & politics throw the baby out with the bathwater. So how can democracy's best parts build a better world? Join
@ngruen.bsky.social
on his YouTube series âThe Shared Centre, Awakening Our Better Angelsâ to explore how citizens assemblies can displace systems that divide us.
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Fixing the world, one video at a time The time has come. 2 years in the making 20 videos on how to fix our world - as if passing through a portal
open.substack.com/pub/nicholas...
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Fixing the world, one video at a time
The beginning of a new adventure
https://open.substack.com/pub/nicholasgruen/p/fixing-the-world-one-video-at-a-time?r=3lzfp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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about 2 months ago
A little bit of background suggests this is really potentially worrying and she knows nothing about what she's talking about. The snails are not "on the site" (if they were it would be less of a problem because you would just pick another site)...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid âgood relationshipâ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to âsome snails that are a protected species or somethingâ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/rachel-reeves-clears-planning-blockage-amid-good-relationship-with-developer
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The Shared Centre
2 months ago
Mutual obligation â a super power or a tangled web?
@ngruen.bsky.social
explores this and other conundrums in his upcoming YouTube series âThe Shared Centreâ. Launching on Thursday 9th October, share and let your friends know! Find out more here:
linktr.ee/TheSharedCen...
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The Shared Centre
2 months ago
The Shared Centre, a new YouTube series by
@ngruen.bsky.social
, with original music by Brian Eno, launches in 4 days time, follow to find out more.
#thecountdownison
#thesharedcentre
#comingsoon
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The Shared Centre
2 months ago
Why do we so often complain that our leaders are just in it for themselves? We set it up that way. In
#thesharedcentre
YouTube series launching on Thursday 9th October
@ngruen.bsky.social
explores how we can build better institutions.
#savethedate
#thesharedcentre
#comingsoon
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The Shared Centre
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Why has
@ngruen.bsky.social
created The Shared Centre? Because current democratic system ignore our dual nature - we strive to serve our own interest but we also want to do our bit. And we feel great when others reciprocate.
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The Shared Centre
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In @thesharedcentre
@ngruen.bsky.social
explores this very issue, and considers if that is how we rebuild a civilization fit for humans. Follow to find out more as The Shared Centre YouTube series prepares to launch soon.
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