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December 2024

A thank you, and the year to come
Where Futurepolis goes next.
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Gideon Lichfield
The machinery of misinformation and the capacity of Congress
Two counter-narratives about things we take for granted.
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Gideon Lichfield
Murder, MAGA, the mainstream, and the media
Why the press keeps doing the wrong job.
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Wanted: "blank spaces"
When things fall apart, some things must also come together.
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Gideon Lichfield

November 2024

October 2024

Where to find hope if Trump wins
Yes, it will be bad, but a lot of interesting governance and policy work is going to happen under the radar, laying the groundwork for the future.
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How AI slashed 40 years of bureaucracy to six days
And saved one California county from a well-meaning but terrible law.
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Gideon Lichfield
A map of the future of democratic governance
How I see my beat
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Meet your AI politician of the future
A young, no-name outsider is quietly revolutionizing Japanese political campaigning. His experiment may presage what all campaigns look like a few years…
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Gideon Lichfield

September 2024

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