eDemocracy is a movement to upgrade democracy using modern developments in digital and human technology.

Current democratic systems are failing to address the major crises of our times. Designed before the telegraph for a population 1% the size of today, these systems have reached their shelf life. In fact, the inadequacies of those systems are, directly or indirectly, the cause of many of our problems.

eDemocracy is about more than the internet.

It is about implementing modern understandings of human systems as well as values such as equity, empowerment and expertise into our democracy. That includes not only digital technologies but also social technologies based in behavioral science such as education, facilitation and user experience design. It includes philosophical developments around ideas such as inclusivity and fairness.

eDemocracy is post-partisan.

A core principle of eDemocracy is that good decisions should unite and not divide people. It is now possible to engineer processes of ideation, deliberation and aggregation that can reliably reach outcomes regarded as fair by all stakeholder categories. We can do this at scale. We can abandon the partisan polarization created by our simplistic majority-rule systems without losing the principles of equality that are fundamental to democracy.

eDemocracy is a convergent ecosystem.

Many technologies will be necessary to build the infrastructure of a post-national digital democracy, from human identity to data sovereignty and decentralization. Moreover, that technology must be made universal and accessible. Outstanding leaders, organizers and supporters will be needed to create the social conditions and momentum for change. A great alignment of strategies and energy will be required to realize the shared objective.

eDemocracy is about radical, not incremental, change.

We believe our democratic operating system needs a fundamental upgrade, as soon as possible. This does not mean violent revolution. It means putting the tools of eDemocracy in the hands of visionary citizens, leaders, parties and movements. With these tools, they can achieve political power under the current election rules. When a critical mass of elected officials endorse the upgrade, the rules will get rewritten, democratically and fundamentally. And a new era of government by the people, for the people, will begin.