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Re:Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence? by knz on Sunday February 26, 2017 @11:58AM (#13738199)
> This is the topic I've been most worried about. My only solace is the brilliance of the Framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Perspective matters when considering the brilliance of the Framers. The debate over the electoral college and the effectiveness of a voter in rural Wyoming vs one in urban LA is a great example.

Personally I think they got a lot right but that the US is a vastly different country now. How do you make adjustments or further codify rights without disenfranchising others though? In theory through amendments but that seems unlikely in the current political environment.

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Re:Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence? by SomeStupidPoint on Sunday February 26, 2017 @12:05PM (#13738245)
I think we'd have a lot less debate over the electoral college if we hadn't capped the size of the House of Representatives in the 1900s.
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