29-01-2018 18:05 via huffingtonpost.co.uk

To Save Generations Of Tomorrow, We Need To Change Political Decision-making Today

When politicians make decisions, they’re expected to represent the interests of their local constituents: the lawyers of Leeds, the schoolchildren of Surrey, the creative-types of Cardiff. School has long taught us that this – how well governments represent such diverse interests – is how democracy works.But as university students coming to age in a world where threats like intelligent robot takeover, globally-spread pandemics, or unstoppable nuclear proliferation are no longer
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