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I'm not going to have kids to save the economy
Not on my list of reasons to have children.
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Elle Griffin
26
Could AI make us wise?
An alternative to the internet making us stupid.
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Elle Griffin
32
The unbearable necessity of being online
On loving and loathing the internet as an artist and why we need to be here anyway.
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Elle Griffin
58
Please come up with wildly speculative futures
Inside my writing philosophy.
 • 
Elle Griffin
22
I'd like to open a Singapore franchise please?
Franchise Cities as an alternative to Charter Cities.
 • 
Elle Griffin
2
A request for better world superpowers
Thinking through alternatives to the US/China hegemony.
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Elle Griffin
10
What if government worked like Wikipedia?
Wikiocracy as the next phase of democracy.
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Elle Griffin
16
Too much democracy is a problem
So is not enough.
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Elle Griffin
33
What if NATO became a world government?
A speculative future in which we end all war.
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Elle Griffin
30
Decouple federal government from nation-states
A world of city-states should join federal governments à la carte.
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Elle Griffin
11
Humans are good (except for that one guy)
And he’s why we create all the rules and regulations.
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Elle Griffin
22
Wakanda isn't an ideal utopia for Africa
But we can create a better one.
 • 
Magatte Wade
10
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