1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Lyn Carson is a professor in applied politics, specialized in deliberative democracy, and the lead researcher at NewDemocracy. NewDemocracy’s mission is stated as follows: “NewDemocracy is an independent, non-partisan research and development organization; we aim to discover, develop, demonstrate, and promote complementary alternatives which will restore trust in public decision making” In this interview, we talk about a number of different topics related to democracy, and I found it truly impassioning because Carson delivers insight into the structural changes and the processes that are necessary to harness public intelligence and decide&amp;nbsp;altogether&amp;nbsp;of our future. She details the difference between direct and deliberative democracy, and the importance of critical thinking versus opinion polls. The FutureSeeds Podcast http://www.futureseeds.news <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/13074440/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/83732975