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by soco 202 days ago
Evidence says it works. And evidence beats ted talks any second, to the constant surprise of the tech (or influencer) community.
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Ok. If "works" means, "is good eonugh to be used for the purpose", I guess it works. But shamanistic medicine wokrs by the same measure so it's really not a high bar to clear.
Not really? Shamanistic medicine doesn't work.

Switzerland has the highest functioning democracy on the planet.

> Shamanistic medicine doesn't work.

It worked enough for people to be using it.

> Switzerland has the highest functioning democracy on the planet.

Somehow I think being completely secure in last two world wars contributes to the success of their high functioning democracy. Also, I thought we were talking about elections not democracy.

Democracy can work perfectly well even if the elections select completely random party to rule if all parties are good enough.

I guess, but I only guess, that if it's not happening in the States it means it's impossible and shamanistic. Kind of like universal healthcare, you know.