Remote voting can take place from a home computer connected to the Internet. Aragon Vocdoni is a blockchain-based platform that enables secret and efficient voting. Verification of eligibility to cast a vote can be done through verification of email address, phone number or authentication transfer.
Interesting civic projects
Reconciling different positions may require a mixed representative-direct system. There are various foundations that support the development of civil society, such as the Center for Civic Education (creators of the Voting Lighthouse) and the Foundation for Poland. Other interesting but now defunct projects are also mentioned.
Ethical citizen
The Scottish Enlightenment was a watershed period because it was then that civil society was framed in a more modern form. Moral values in democracy and politics are crucial, and parliamentary democracy leads to many distortions. The alternative is to use direct democracy.
Goodness, truth, beauty
Goodness, beauty, and truth are three values that we take as important reference points for our foundation. In this article, we address our understanding of them as well as the historical significance of these transcendentals.
Freedom
Freedom has both a negative element, which is the absence of various forms of oppression, and a positive aspect, which is the freedom to make various choices. Unreflective service to the idea set by the authorities leads to distortion of the system.
We are officially a Foundation!
A few days ago we were officially registered as a foundation. This is a great moment for us, which we are very happy about, and which motivates us to continue our work.
30 years of information society in Poland
30 years of Internet development in Poland has resulted in a new model of human behavior – as a consequence of opportunities and threats resulting from Internet access, an information society has been created.
What is technocracy?
Technocracy is a form of government run by experts. It ensures high competence of the rulers and an example of its benefits is the success of Singapore. However, it also has its drawbacks and is often considered the opposite of democracy. Our portal proposal points to democracy as the main element and technocracy as an auxiliary one.
Democracy in Switzerland
Swiss direct democracy arose because of the special historical circumstances of this federal state. The main forms of democracy include the people’s assembly, the people’s initiative, and the referendum, and the principle of subsidiarity gives considerable power to the individual cantons.
Inspiring democracies around the world
Contemporary forms of government are an important source of inspiration for us, especially Swiss (direct democracy), Estonian (e-democracy) and Singaporean (technocracy). Parag Khanna points to direct technocracy as the ideal form of government in the 21st century.