Archive · 6 conversations in Trust and security
Interviews and field notes from people building new forms of democratic practice.
Giovanni Di Sotto discusses electronic voting, security, and democratic innovation through the experience of Multicast. The conversation explores digital identity, usability, transparency, institutional trust, accessibility, and the tradeoffs involved in designing voting and assembly systems that are both practical and credible.
Vir Sanghavi explains Tilt.vote and its approach to improving democratic debate. The conversation focuses on how structured argument, better incentives, and digital design can help people compare positions, reduce polarization, and make public disagreement more useful for collective decisions instead of turning debate into performative conflict.
Bruce Schneier discusses democracy through the lenses of cryptography, security, electronic voting, artificial intelligence, power, and trust. The conversation examines why technical systems cannot solve political legitimacy alone, how security thinking clarifies democratic risks, and why trustworthy institutions matter as much as trustworthy tools.
Alex Blaga discusses Trollwall and the use of AI to address toxic content and misinformation on social media. The conversation covers comment moderation, harmful narratives, platform dynamics, language models, and the democratic stakes of improving online debate without ignoring the risks of automated judgment and political manipulation.
Martín Carcasson discusses the Center for Public Deliberation and the work of overcoming toxic polarization. The conversation explores deliberative practice, local public problems, facilitation, civic capacity, and why democracy needs spaces where communities can move beyond advocacy battles toward shared judgment and problem-solving.
Gareth Farry discusses human rights advocacy, Amnesty International, and the possible role of blockchain technology in governance. The conversation explores documentation, accountability, trust, and the risks and opportunities of using distributed systems in civic and rights-based work where evidence, legitimacy, and protection matter.
