Democracy's Ultimate Challenge
A report on untying the Gordian knot of the global Problematique with root cause analysis
The Analytical Activist
Analytical activism is the use of analysis instead of intuition and trial and error to solve difficult activist problems. You too can be an analytical activist.
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Democracy’s eternal vulnerability: Part 3. Applying root cause analysis to social problems with Social Force Diagrams
RCA is generic, so a wrapper process is required for each problem type. Here we present a wrapper designed to fit difficult large-scale social problems.
Democracy’s eternal vulnerability: Part 2. WHY have we been unable to solve the global Problematique since it was first identified in 1970?
The answer is surprisingly simple: The problem-solving process does not fit the problem.
Democracy’s eternal vulnerability: Part 1. The Gordian knot of eight critical unsolved global problems
The problems are interconnected, making them even harder to solve. All have defied solution for generations with no solutions in sight. If this continues, global collapse lies dead ahead.
Trump Tracker Day 5 - Deeper signals persist, but overall signal narrows
It narrows so much it's lost in the jumble of news, sandwiched between noise and normal news. There's little hope for democracy if this continues.
Trump Tracker Day 4 - Deeper signals persist. Hopefully they will grow.
We now have enough data to interpret trends. Noise still overly dominates signal, but there are signs that could be changing. We also have an accuracy limitation.
Trump Tracker Day 3 - Noise dominates over signal even more than day 2
On the third day the expected pattern continues. The data is beginning to show a strong trend.
Trump Tracker Day 2 - Noise still dominates over signal, but less so
On the second day noise dominates over the signal, but less than on day one.
Trump Tracker Day 1 - Noise totally dominates over the signal
Our inaugural tracker! It's a flat line, but it begins to tell the true story.
The Signal-to-Noise Trump Tracker Project
The goal is to wake up the American public and press to the fact that Trump is destroying American democracy. If he is not stopped soon, American democracy is doomed.
Summary of Analysis of the Democratic Backsliding Problem
The main root cause is low political truth literacy. Why this is so and how it can be raised are examined.
The Terms and Principles of Analytical Activism
As applied to the democratic backsliding problem
Part 1. Chuck Schumer and the Democrats' Impossible Choice
The Dems faced an impossible choice between two evils on the Continuing Resolution. This led to considerable anger. Here we analyze that choice in an attempt to cool things down.
Part 2. A Decision Tree for the Democrats' Impossible Choice
Part 1 explained why Democrats should have used a decision tree on the Continuing Resolution. This article builds that decision tree as an example of what is possible.
Part 3. A Decision Tree for the Democrats' Impossible Choice
Part 2 began building the tree. This article completes it and draws a few interesting conclusions.
Reframing the Debate: Is Trump an Active Russian agent?
Yes he is. And if the public and the press feel that way, we can turn the tide.
The Most Successful Intelligence Operation in History
How Russia Put a Spy at the Top of the World’s Sole Superpower and Is Proceeding to Destroy It and Democracy