IF Fellows Dennis Boyer and Adolf Gundersen have just published an essay, Just-In-Time Exploratory Public Discussion, through the Journal of Public Deliberation. A synopsis from the Journal's website: This essay describes a case study that successfully dealt [with]...

The Interactivity Foundation and the UW-Madison's Union Directorate and its Mini-Course program are co-sponsoring a public discussion of IF's report, The United States' Democratic Promise. See the following link to the UW Mini-Course program for additional...

IF's Washington, DC-area Public Policy Discussion Club will meet on Saturday, February 4, 2012, from 1-4 PM at the Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Neighborhood Library to discuss contrasting policy possibilities for food as described in IF's new discussion report Food: What...

The complete quote of course—now laughably familiar to my boys and all other Skyrim players—is “I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.” The viral and self-mocking ubiquity of this gaming meme led me to wonder just what is so...

A few weeks back I participated in a public discussion on education policy. It didn't go very well. In fact, the experience served more as a cautionary tale or a lesson in what not to do rather than as an opportunity for honest and robust interaction on this...

“Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth.” Kenko (Buddhist monk), from Essays in Idleness, circa 1330 I’ve been thinking a lot about this notion as I struggle with a final round of edits on a new...

Ayudando (24 pages/3.5 MB)