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No voter can master every issue, and few voters try. Any democratic system must cope with that. Referendums, instead, invite us to ignore the question, give the snake-oil peddlers an edge, concentrate our ignorance into a tightly focused beam, and hold nobody accountable for results. They magnify the vulnerabilities of our democracies and diminish their defences.
How Referendums Break Democracies
Fran Monks
Perhaps breadth breeds brilliance.
Artificial Intelligence
Jerry Kaplan
Surprisingly big breakthrough ideas come when you bridge two seemingly unconnected areas.
The Power of Indulging Your Weird, Offbeat Obsessions
Clive Thompson
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