#43 - Jamie Joyce - Democracy, Digitization and Debates

Democracy is in deep trouble. Could replacing politicians with real data save it? In this episode Liv sits down with Jamie Joyce – founder of the Society Library — to explore one of the most urgent questions of our time: how do we make sense of complex issues in the age of misinformation, algorithmic bias, and AI slop?We hear what happens when you treat information not as content to consume, but as infrastructure to build. Jamie shares how her nonprofit is transforming fraught topics—from nuclear power to AI—into structured “libraries of reasoning” to help politicians, citizens, and even machines understand all perspectives more clearly and come to more informed conclusion.One of all you bibliophiles out there!

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

4:30 - Diablo Canyon Debate Map

14:26 - How To Evaluate Evidence?

16:18 - How To Minimize Bias?

19:06 - How To Handle Bad Faith & Fringe Perspectives

24:16 - What About Flat Earth Type Conspiracies?

28:37 - Cyber Attacks On Internet Archive

33:54 - Modernizing Government

41:01 - The Evil of Corporate Lobbying

49:40 - Managing Info Hazards

53:19 - Society Library Virtues And Values

57:06 - When Jamie Neatly Went Blind

1:01:27 - Improving The Information Ecosystem

1:12:44 - Prediction Markets and Sense-making

1:15:25 - Structuring Data For Improved Learning

1:22:17 - Society Library Meme Token Nonsense

1:32:21 - Rapid Fire Predictions

1:38:51 - Jamie's Favorite Win-Win

Links:

♾️ The Society Library : https://www.societylibrary.org

♾️ Internet Archive : https://archive.org

♾️ Jamie’s X : https://x.com/justjamiejoyce?lang=en Credits

♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree

♾️ Produced by Luca de Vico

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Podcast links

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♾️ Pocketcast: https://play.pocketcasts.com/podcasts/7f708340-d17c-013b-f46e-0acc26574db2

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