# Invitation to 'Democracy 2043'

**URL:** <https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/invitation-to-democracy-2043/2455>\
**Category:** Democracy\
**Tags:** events\
**Created:** [20 April 2023 09:36 UTC](https://discuss.opengovernment.org.uk/t/invitation-to-democracy-2043/2455 "2023-04-20T09:36:39Z")\
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Notes/quotes on Louise Crow’s presentation,

\*I want a rich democracy ,something that people feel a part of (as opposed to) something that’s done to them. \*

_UK has a more central political system than anywhere else in Europe._  
_I’m a technologist. I’m particularly in ‘’ How we make decisions together about what we want our online spaces will look like"._

_We needs a universal broad Civic education. We are not good at teaching people how to participate in our democracy._  
_How to vote, etc etc…_  
\*TRUST, Representative or participatory? \*

\*We need less debate. One side right, one side wrong. Winner takes all. \*  
_We need more deliberation. Recognising the things we can all agree on. Solving common problems._  
_Again, as a technologist, we should be using digital tools to support all of this._  
How do we live together?

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