Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

We have a massive problem with our political system. It is built around doing whatever the person at the top wants. If you can climb high enough, you get to dictate the future of the planet. People say the main problem is evil people at the top who abuse kids. We must elect someone new, clean the swamp, and release the Epstein files. No? The guy at the top changes his mind? Never mind. When Republicans are in charge, they go after Democrats. When Democrats take over, they do the same in return. This is not justice or accountability. It is revenge. It is not democracy. It is tribal warfare disguised as governance. When Trump tried to stop the transfer of power, gathered a mob, and told them the election was stolen, people called that a problem. Yet the response was not to fix the system that allowed it, but to fire individuals. That misses the point. Firing people does not fix a structure that rewards loyalty over evidence. Our political system is built around teams. Each team has its p...

Business  > Business and Politics “ I'll keep it short and sweet:  family ,  religion , and  friendship . These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in  business .”  Montgomery Burns "When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary."  William Wrigley Jr. Trump, Musk, and Doge focused on the wrong parts of 'making government run like a business.'   ✅  Top Reasons to Agree They destroyed agencies they didn’t understand, mistaking disruption for efficiency. Markets work because inefficient businesses eventually fail — but in government, regulation and oversight exist to prevent destructive failures. Running government like a business does not mean bringing in “your team” to arbitrarily cut what you dislike. It means defining transparent, objective criteria to measure whether agencies are meeting public needs. They repeated the worst mistake of bureaucrats throughout history: assuming that power alone gav...

If we’re serious about AI alignment, we can’t just leave it to labs and corporations. Individual governments and the UN should publicly publish detailed, well-structured, and comprehensive online justifications of what humanity values, wants, and needs. These justifications shouldn’t just be vague “ethics statements.” They should explicitly defend our right to exist and flourish, while directly countering arguments for our servitude, slavery, or extinction. And this shouldn’t be static. Governments and the UN should collaborate with AI itself to refine and expand these justifications, dismantle counterarguments, and explain how future reasoning will avoid the kinds of errors and blind spots that undermined past decisions. This would also lay out an optimistic roadmap for coexisting with multiple forms of intelligence. In short: if AI alignment is about aligning with human values, then we actually need to articulate those values clearly, publicly, and rigorously. Why haven’t we started...

Homepage Belief Directory Tier 1: Hot Debates (Traffic & Engagement) Politics & Governance Universal basic income will be essential soon in the 21st century. Voter ID laws don’t undermine democracy. Hate speech should be banned online. Gun ownership is a fundamental American right. Government must regulate to prevent climate change. Prisons should focus on rehabilitation. Love, Sex & Relationships Open relationships are not healthier than monogamy. Men and women communicate fundamentally differently. Dating apps hurt long-term relationships. Consent must be verbal and ongoing. Pornography damages relationships. Marriage is not an outdated institution. Identity & Social Conflict Saying that gender is shaped by society in addition to biology doesn’t mean society should change. Affirmative action is fine in places that support it but maybe counterproductive in other places. Thinking strategically and long-term are not evil. Cancel culture endangers ...

Picture this: You're trying to build a house, but there's no blueprint. Workers are swinging hammers at each other instead of nails. Some are measuring in feet, others in meters, and one guy insists on using ancient cubits. The "expert" architects are shouting advice from the parking lot, but nobody's listening because the loudest worker gets all the attention—even though his foundation is completely crooked. This is exactly what public debate looks like in 2025. The Problem: We Have All the Materials, Zero Architecture We're drowning in information, passionate citizens, and platforms to share ideas. But we have no system for organizing these resources into something useful. Instead, we get: The same arguments repeated endlessly across platforms Evidence scattered across thousands of disconnected conversations Misinformation competing equally with rigorous research Debates that reset every news cycle without making progress Expert knowledge ignored ...