The Challenges of Democracy in a Curated Information Age

Modern democracies rely on free citizens, educating themselves and engaging in real discussions to understand the general will of the people./nCurated information and the inability to trust sources undermine democracy and the ability to regulate rapidly evolving technologies like generative AI./nDemocratic systems can become stagnant and fail to address problems when there is a lack of consensus and prolonged arguments./nMetaphorically, modern democratic systems can be compared to a couple unable to agree on solving a problem, leading to prolonged inaction and disagreement.