Divya Siddarth | Collective Intelligence for Collective Progress

Aug 23, 2024

Divya Siddarth, co-founder of the Collective Intelligence Project and a political economist at Microsoft, discusses harnessing collective intelligence for effective governance. She explores the balance between technological progress and public participation, emphasizing polycentric governance. The conversation delves into how smaller nations like Taiwan engage citizens through direct democracy. Siddarth also highlights the importance of advanced collaboration tools in decision-making and envisions a future of decentralized protocols fostering innovative human cooperation.

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Intro

00:00 • 6min

Navigating Collective Intelligence and Governance

05:50 • 21min

Exploring Polycentrism and Federation in Decision-Making

26:28 • 3min

Evaluating Collective Intelligence

29:11 • 9min

Exploring the Optimal Size of Nations for Governance and Welfare

37:46 • 2min

Collective Intelligence and Governance

39:24 • 4min

Enhancing Decision-Making through Collective Intelligence Tools

43:12 • 2min

Democracy, Engagement, and Economic Resilience

45:08 • 14min

Speaker

Divya is the co-founder of the Collective Intelligence Project, which advances collective intelligence capabilities for the democratic and effective governance of transformative technologies. She serves as Associate Political Economist and Social Technologist at Microsoft’s Office of the CTO. She also holds positions as a research director at Metagov and a researcher in residence at the RadicalXChange Foundation.

Key Highlights

In today’s rapidly evolving world, where technology is at the forefront of progress, the need for effective collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence is more crucial than ever. In this engaging and thought-provoking talk, we will explore the concept of collective intelligence and discuss how it can be harnessed to drive collective progress in various domains, including science, technology, and social innovation.

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