{"id":34,"date":"2026-04-08T13:57:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:18:38","slug":"optimocracy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimocracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"34\" class=\"elementor elementor-34\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec94f50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec94f50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ae1a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87ae1a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f32b098 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f32b098\" 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class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-87\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/index.php\/resumption\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Resumption<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-86\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/index.php\/engineering-mindset\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Engineering Mindset<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-85\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/index.php\/our-inspiration\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Our Inspiration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-83\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/index.php\/contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-84\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">About Us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7512745 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7512745\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b67b27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b67b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If it\u2019s broken, fix it.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8270c71 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8270c71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db54d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5db54d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"banner\"><blockquote class=\"blockquote\"><p>&#8220;The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/section><section class=\"quoteSec\"><figure><\/figure><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155799d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"155799d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"banner\"><blockquote class=\"blockquote\"><p>\u00a0Bertrand Russell<\/p><\/blockquote><\/section><section class=\"quoteSec\"><figure><\/figure><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-128fce7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"128fce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bertrand Russell is wrong.<br \/>That\u2019s not the whole problem.<br \/>You and I are the other part of the problem.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498364f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"498364f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Everyone Agrees, Public Governance Is Broken. Let\u2019s Fix it.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1161c18 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1161c18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e22879 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e22879\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do you believe that the way societies are governed is working well and needs no further attention?<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/optimocracy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-08-at-7.09.00-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"138\" \/>\u00a0<\/p><p>If so, then you and the three other people on Earth who agree with you should go watch some funny videos instead of wasting your time here.<\/p><p>For the rest of us, let\u2019s start by enumerating the things that are wrong with public governance:<\/p><p><strong>Problem #1<\/strong>\u00a0Each of us has found themselves in a voting booth, confronted by candidates we know something about and others we know nothing about; not to mention referendum choices we haven\u2019t had time to study.<\/p><p>But, heeding the \u201cit\u2019s everyone\u2019s responsibility to vote!\u201d drumbeat, we make a bunch of choices, some vaguely informed and others completely uninformed. All our choices, informed or otherwise, will affect the lives of ourselves, our families\u2026 everyone.<\/p><p><strong>Problem #2<\/strong>\u00a0Every smart politician knows that elections are won by pandering to the emotions of a part of the population whose thoughts on issues can fit on a bumper sticker.<\/p><p><strong>Problem #3<\/strong>\u00a0Voting systems are a mess. Vote by mail, seen as a big advance, opens up new channels for abuse.<\/p><p>Technology has been developed to make voting systems fair and nearly incorruptible, but as those who decide which methods and systems to adopt choose not to learn about those systems, we will go from one bad voting system to another.<\/p><p><strong>Optimocracy fixes these problems.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Learn about optimocracy.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a72182b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a72182b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimocracy Passionate About Dispassion` If it\u2019s broken, fix it. &#8220;The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.&#8221; \u00a0Bertrand Russell Bertrand Russell is wrong.That\u2019s not the whole problem.You and I are the other part of the problem. 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