Revisiting the Age of Enlightenment from a collective decision making systems perspective Export

@article{citeulike:5892270, abstract = {The ideals of the eighteenth century's Age of Enlightenment are the foundation of modern democracies. The era was characterized by thinkers who promoted progressive social reforms that opposed the long-established aristocracies and monarchies of the time. Prominent examples of such reforms include the establishment of inalienable human rights, self-governing republics, and market capitalism. Twenty-first century democratic nations can benefit from revisiting the systems developed during the Enlightenment and reframing them within the techno-social context of the Information Age. This article explores the application of social algorithms that make use of Thomas Paine's (English: 1737-1809) representatives, Adam Smith's (Scottish: 1723-1790) self-interested actors, and Marquis de Condorcet's (French: 1743-1794) optimal decision making groups. It is posited that technology-enabled social algorithms can better realize the ideals articulated during the Enlightenment.}, author = {Rodriguez, Marko A. and Watkins, Jennifer H.}, citeulike-article-id = {5892270}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2584}, day = {3}, journal = {First Monday}, keywords = {collectiveintelligence, governance}, month = {August}, number = {8}, posted-at = {2009-10-05 20:01:40}, priority = {3}, title = {Revisiting the Age of Enlightenment from a collective decision making systems perspective}, url = {http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2584}, volume = {14}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5892270 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5892270 N2 - The ideals of the eighteenth century's Age of Enlightenment are the foundation of modern democracies. The era was characterized by thinkers who promoted progressive social reforms that opposed the long-established aristocracies and monarchies of the time. Prominent examples of such reforms include the establishment of inalienable human rights, self-governing republics, and market capitalism. Twenty-first century democratic nations can benefit from revisiting the systems developed during the Enlightenment and reframing them within the techno-social context of the Information Age. This article explores the application of social algorithms that make use of Thomas Paine's (English: 1737-1809) representatives, Adam Smith's (Scottish: 1723-1790) self-interested actors, and Marquis de Condorcet's (French: 1743-1794) optimal decision making groups. It is posited that technology-enabled social algorithms can better realize the ideals articulated during the Enlightenment. IS - 8 JF - First Monday TI - Revisiting the Age of Enlightenment from a collective decision making systems perspective VL - 14 KW - collectiveintelligence KW - governance AU - Rodriguez, Marko AU - Watkins, Jennifer PY - 2009/08/03/ UR - http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2584 ER -