In this TED talk, César Hidalgo, Director of the Center for Collective Learning , presents the idea of augmented democracy. Below, you can find answers to frequently asked questions (f.a.q.). Here you can fin the talk in both English and Spanish.
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Augmented Democracy (AD) is the idea of using digital twins to expand the ability of people to participate directly in a large volume of democratic decisions. A digital twin, software agent, or avatar is loosely defined as a personalized virtual representation of a human. It can be used to augment the ability of a person to make decisions by either providing information to support a decision or making decisions on behalf of that person. Many of us interact with simple versions of digital twins every day. Fo