Eric LoebOf Snake Oil and DashboardsWe create a feedback loop when we inform a policy with a dashboard that is built from data that are sampled from the process impacted by…Nov 18, 2017Nov 18, 2017
Eric LoebWhat should progressives do about the ongoing Russian attacks?Here we are, gripping the edge our seats, wondering if our country’s democratic institutions will be strong enough to withstand the…Nov 9, 2017Nov 9, 2017
Eric LoebCan we recast citizen engagement as open source development of laws?Software engineering has been astonishingly effective at applying mass numbers of developers to directed problem solving. Can we use…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
Eric LoebDesigning an app to alter social dynamicsI recently recommended that the DoD acquire a free, open source coordinating application that will help increase the size and impact of…Sep 17, 2017Sep 17, 2017
Eric LoebCivic Engagement and Tax ReformAs Congress turns its jaundiced eye toward tax reform, we can hope for simplification while expecting the rewards to go instead to those…Aug 6, 2017Aug 6, 2017
Eric LoebAn Adaptive and Parameterized Control Law for Campaign Finance ReformEngineered control systems use feedback control and collections of parameterized and/or adaptive algorithms, called control laws. Control…Jul 30, 2017Jul 30, 2017
Eric LoebNew forms of streamed political debateThe formats of our political debates are stale. There are many different ways that candidates for office could engage with each other, the…Jul 23, 2017Jul 23, 2017
Eric LoebVignettes from an AI-enhanced district town meetingI am a fan of the national town meeting, a term introduced by Ross Perot in his 1992 campaign for President. In my view, the national town…Jul 16, 2017Jul 16, 2017
Eric LoebCognitive maps of political issuesLife will be better in that fine not-so-far-off day when Science has devised a representation for political issues that is able to capture…Jul 12, 2017Jul 12, 2017
Eric LoebNeuromorphic Bureaucracies: Space, Time, & CostThere are several examples of neural circuits that manipulate the fundamental tradeoffs between space, time, and cost. These limitations…Jul 2, 2017Jul 2, 2017