Fact & Fiction: The Future of Democracy | Nobel Prize Dialogue Brussels 2024

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In a year when citizens will cast their votes in elections across the world we’re turning our attention to the art and science of democracy and decision-making.
Democratic societies rely on fact-based world views and science, but also on narratives that can bring together large, diverse communities. At a time when democracies are straining to cope with ongoing crises and long-term existential challenges this topic is more important than ever.
Join us as we explore the role that fact and fiction play in democracies including:
- The role of science and fact-based worldviews in society: How can research and independent, quality media contribute to better governance and decision-making? 
- The power of narratives in democracy: What is the influence of storytelling and narratives in shaping political ideologies and public opinion? 
- Shocks to democracy: Social media and partisan media have been disruptive forces within democracies. A new wave of disruption may be on its way. How will artificial intelligence influence democracy?
- New narratives for healthy societies: What are the new narratives gaining traction in societies? Why are they emerging?
Speakers include Nobel Prize laureates Ben Feringa, Paul Nurse and Maria Ressa, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of Center for Civil Liberties, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize as well as other experts such as Demis Hassabis, CEO DeepMind, and European Research Council grantees Michael Bruter and Emilie Caspar.
The Nobel Prize Dialogue Brussels is produced by Nobel Prize Outreach in partnership with the European Research Council.

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[@familiegeier4828]

Tank You all!
Excellent talk by @MariaRessa on problems with democracy.
Yours Stefan Geier, Haidholzen
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[@henrybonz0]

very brilliant interviews. I think if most people were exposed to this kind of critical thinking everyday, the world would be a better place for everyone

[@sudarshanbadoni6643]

THANKS GLAD to see that DEMOCRACY perhaps become a SUBJECT like other subjects in this forum of highest repute globally. In democracy masses taking part in a election process as ELECT some one to serve HUMANITY. A professor does opposite as educating thousands of students in entire life to become a better functioning one even surpassing those who taught them is well established fact. When such great minds feeling something with respect to democratic models and stressing critical thinking is certainly a humbling beginning is the take for me and thanks.

[@aghost1410]

Everyone deserves a voice.

[@arifulislamleeton]

Thank you

[@hakunamatata7342]

It is so moving truthfully right what she is describing

[@afd5231]

I’d like to be optimistic but I’m not. Nevertheless thank you to everyone 🕊

[@Other3.5]

Social media's business model is based on advertising revenue. Ad revenue increases with separating the target audiences into progressively more specific and different groups. This is nothing new. Same marketing as charging $100 for a general list of names and $1000 for a more specific group of names for old direct marketing (junk mail) campaigns.
That's it. The driver of social media as profit through separation and hype. It is the opposite of the driver of democracy as coming together through thoughtful compromise.
We need to find a way to address the business model of social media.
Polarization is not a result of social media, it's the business model.

[@sahilrwt29]

I have a similar argument. I have often proposed the following argument:
Social media is counterproductive to social cohesion. Latter being the very thing that it aims to do. Social media has a high degree of polarization potential and highly susceptible of corruption and manipulation. All of which are detrimental to social cohesion. Infact, social media has shown that there are limits to social contracts when it comes to digital space. Thus, we need to rethink or reconsider social media in its current form.

[@space-time-somdeep]

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[@johnjacob413]

Today language has turned to rhetoric and the endemic encompassing the whole world is.
1. Lack of PRESENCE OF MIND
2. Total NON APPLICATION OF MIND.
Is one EDUCATED!
Can one rise to an occassion?
BIG QUESTION MARK.