John Gastil
@jgastil.bsky.social
Penn State professor who studies deliberative democracy and group decision making. Currently on sabbatical at the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center. Recent books: Hope for Democracy, Legislature by Lot, and Dungeon Party (a novel).
And I'm also the proud co-author of this article. TLDR = deliberation works.
Who Learns from Deliberative Minipublics? Identity-Based Differences in Knowledge Gains across Thirteen Citizens' Initiative Review Experiments (lead author: Kristinn Már Ársælsson)
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Who Learns from Deliberative Minipublics? Identity-Based Differences in Knowledge Gains across Thirteen Citizens' Initiative Review Experiments (lead author: Kristinn Már Ársælsson)
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
And I'm also the proud co-author of this article. TLDR = deliberation works.
Who Learns from Deliberative Minipublics? Identity-Based Differences in Knowledge Gains across Thirteen Citizens' Initiative Review Experiments (lead author: Kristinn Már Ársælsson)
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Who Learns from Deliberative Minipublics? Identity-Based Differences in Knowledge Gains across Thirteen Citizens' Initiative Review Experiments (lead author: Kristinn Már Ársælsson)
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Well done. It's a fun set of essays on a great topic. Good job.
May 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Well done. It's a fun set of essays on a great topic. Good job.
I'll definitely take a look at that. Great idea for a study
January 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'll definitely take a look at that. Great idea for a study
I like how Board Games held its own on this chart. Amazing how the digital infrastructure (Kickstarter, BoardGameGeek, etc.) helped that industry thrive by indulging nifty niche ideas like Wingspan or Age of Renaissance, instead of leaving us all suffering Monopoly or Risk.
January 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I like how Board Games held its own on this chart. Amazing how the digital infrastructure (Kickstarter, BoardGameGeek, etc.) helped that industry thrive by indulging nifty niche ideas like Wingspan or Age of Renaissance, instead of leaving us all suffering Monopoly or Risk.
Doesn't surprise me. It was in the water 50 years ago. See the novel "Ecotopia" (1975) by Ernest Callenbach, who formalized its governance model in A Citizen Legislature (1985). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_...
Ernest Callenbach - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Doesn't surprise me. It was in the water 50 years ago. See the novel "Ecotopia" (1975) by Ernest Callenbach, who formalized its governance model in A Citizen Legislature (1985). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_...
resistance is futile
January 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
resistance is futile
unfiltered joy. we all could use more of that.
January 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
unfiltered joy. we all could use more of that.