We live in a world where the smartphones in our pockets have more computing power than NASA had to get us to the moon, yet the way we govern our societies and organisations remains the equivalent of a pocket calculator.
Existing models for collaborative decision making once served our growing democracies well, yet today they are increasingly slow, expensive, and ineffectual.
Public trust in their outcomes is eroding and results in voter apathy. Campaign promises are regularly broken, and major decisions are taken without consultation or transparency. Our society is hurtling into the future, but our democratic processes are stuck in the past, failing to advance at the same pace.
Democracy is much more than our electorates, our representative models, or our boards and management teams. Democracy is the opportunity to participate in the decision making processes that relate to the shared matters which affect us. Democracy is about reaching consensus on how to best use our shared resources. Democracy is about advancing our collective well-being, providing opportunities to those who have while protecting those who do not.
We need better shared decision making tools and processes in almost every facet of our community lives.
We need them to be transparent and trusted, allowing deliberation and inclusion, removing barriers rather than stacking them up. Technical, legislative and budgetary obstacles have prevented us from achieving this thus far, but do not have to hinder us any more.
These tools are now available. Thanks to the distributed ledger technology we can create systems that directly engage and empower constituencies, employing
mechanisms enabling them to vote smartly and
efficiently, giving them confidence that their voices will be heard, and allowing them to see, first hand, the results of their voting activities.
Horizon State has built this. Our platform is soon to be extended and used by political independents, publicly listed companies, and communities within developing nations. We are looking toward brighter horizons, to a place where our countries and organisations conduct themselves with accountability and efficiency, a place where voices can be heard securely and simply. We are taking our technology to a global audience and it will underpin the process of opinion and vote solicitation everywhere, from the smallest councils in national public service, to multinational enterprises.
It is time for our democratic processes to meet the expectations set by every other part of modern life.
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