Danielle Allen
Contributing Writer at The Atlantic
Democracy advocate. Harvard Prof. Nonprofit leader. Mom. Working on Democracy Renovation in MA and beyond. Reimagine!
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | Danielle Allen
The life of the mind may be a deeply personal thing, but as embodied in colleges and universities, it is also a very public thing—and the two go hand in hand. Since taking office, the Trump administration has been working to dismantle the global order and the nation’s core institutions, including its cultural ones, to strip them of their power. The future of the nation’s universities is very much at stake. This is not a challenge that can be met with purely defensive tactics.
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2 months ago |
journalofdemocracy.org | Danielle Allen |E. Glen Weyl |Sarah Kreps |Doug Kriner
As artificial intelligence continues to advance at breakneck speed and world powers vie against each other in the AI arms race, democracies are searching for ways to control a technology that is transforming our lives while threatening to break our democratic guardrails. Read the following Journal of Democracy essays from leading AI experts on the dangers that lie ahead and how we might stave off a crisis.
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2 months ago |
msn.com | Danielle Allen
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2 months ago |
theatlantic.com | Danielle Allen
On Inauguration Day, many felt real euphoria at the prospect of a wholesale renovation of America’s institutions. And, as I’ve argued often, our constitutional democracy does need renovation—the various elites are disconnected from the people, bureaucracy afflicts everyone, and many of us find it impossible to hold our elected officials accountable. Yet I fear that the renovations we’re about to get will take us in the wrong direction.
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Oct 14, 2024 |
washingtonpost.com | Danielle Allen
October 14, 2024 at 11:04 a.m. EDTThe health of our democracy concerns many of us right now. Anxiety is surging over stories of conflict and political violence around the nation — from assassination attempts to shootings at campaign offices. Yet there are glimmers of good news, too. Green shoots of democracy are growing all around us, if we care to look. Last week, the National Civic League launched a Healthy Democracy Ecosystem Map.
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Republicans need to stop gaslighting and reverting on policy positions the base has agreed upon for years. Yes, it is a fact that technocracy is a threat to our country. We spent the last 4 years addressing this, only for it to be placed on a back burner by the GOP. Yes, it
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