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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Why the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy Is Coming to Gaborone (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    COLUMN Since We Will All Be Dead by 2030.... (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    This is co-published with Zócalo Public Square.Your columnist will always be here for you, until the very end.Now that we know that the very end is coming soon—artificial general intelligence will kill us all by the close of this decade, according to those who work with artificial general intelligence—I am here to offer my fellow Californians a plan for our last days together.Democracy Local is a reader-supported publ

  3. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Grenoble (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    COLUMN “Who Gets the Credit?” My Feature Film (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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  5. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    PLANETARY PUEBLO: A New Model for High-Capacity Local Governance (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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