{"id":17302,"date":"2021-01-21T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T23:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=17302"},"modified":"2021-01-21T15:06:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T23:06:21","slug":"3-ways-to-upgrade-democracy-for-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/01\/21\/3-ways-to-upgrade-democracy-for-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"3 WAYS TO UPGRADE DEMOCRACY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/max_rashbrooke_3_ways_to_upgrade_democracy_for_the_21st_century\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Max Rashbrooke|TEDxAuckland (ted.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democracy needs an update \u2014 one that respects and engages citizens by involving them in everyday political decisions, says writer and researcher Max Rashbrooke. He outlines three global success stories that could help move democratic systems forward and protect society against the new challenges this century is already bringing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This talk was presented to a local audience at&nbsp;TEDxAuckland, an independent event.&nbsp;TED\u2019s editors chose to feature it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABOUT THE SPEAKER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/max_rashbrooke?\"><strong>Max&nbsp;Rashbrooke<\/strong>&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Writer and researcherMax Rashbrooke\u2019s work focusses on two of the most urgent tasks facing the world: how to renew our systems of democracy and reduce growing economic disparities to have the foundation for a flourishing and harmonious life.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Rashbrooke|TEDxAuckland (ted.com) Democracy needs an update \u2014 one that respects and engages citizens by involving them in everyday political decisions, says writer and researcher Max Rashbrooke. He outlines three global success stories that could help move democratic systems forward and protect society against the new challenges this century is&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/01\/21\/3-ways-to-upgrade-democracy-for-the-21st-century\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17303,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17302\/revisions\/17303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}