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Easier to build an AI.



Of all the areas Silicon Valley has disrupted, it's profoundly frustrating that political lobbying isn't one of them. I'm not aware of any startups even attempting it.


How exactly would they disrupt it?


Someone posted this earlier from Schneier on Security but it didn't get much traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35162918

"AI Could Write Our Laws"

I didn't read it fully (yet) but early on he (I believe) coins the term "microlegislation".


Make it available to the public. Have a service where people can come together to decide what to lobby for.


If only there was some way every member of the public could have a say in political decisions. Hopefully one of those clever startups figures it out.


Introducing, Representr: the first Democracy-as-a Service.




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