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Socratic digital democracy

2020-04-21T13:47:27Z

Simon Deurloo: A modern version of democracy

Finding common ground in our complex world seems to get harder every day. Societies are becoming more divided. Governments are faced with big challenges but find it hard to take decisions. Corporations are not trusted by their customers or employees. Even sport associations and non-profit organisations face trust problems with their members. Social Media divides people instead of bringing them together.
Socratic digital democracy is a tool to make collective decisions. A tool in which a user can choose the time and energy he or she wants to invest in reaching a common decision. Even someone who only has little time to spend can still make a valuable contribution.
With the combination of survey, discussion and voting we overcome the disadvantages of the individual technologies. Surveys are superficial and the results depend on the questions. Discussion platforms reach a limited audience. We use a discussion platforms to help users formulate questions for surveys in our app. We want to avoid situations as the Brexit referendum where people didn't know what they were voting for. We help people to formulate the right questions.

User:Simon Deurloo

2020-04-21T13:45:10Z

Simon Deurloo:

Simon Deurloo, was born and raised in Amsterdam. He studied Mechanical Engineering in Delft but has been working in IT for more than 20 years. He has been developing new branches for existing companies and helped to setup new companies.
He has been political active for more than 25 years. He has been a council man in Amsterdam. He is now a memeber of the [https://www.agv.nl/en/ Water Board Amstel, Gooi en Vecht].

In 2015 he established [https://www.popdat.tech/en/ Popdat] out of concern for the current state of democracy around the world. Popdat is a social platform that helps people to work together. Popdat can be customized to the wishes of the organisations involved and is used by governments, commercial and non-profit organisations throughout the world. Popdat is used by the [https://globalparliamentofmayors.or Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM)], and organisation which unites mayors of big cities around the world. Simon advises the Secretariat and Advisory Board of the GPM.

User:Simon Deurloo

2020-04-21T13:42:38Z

Simon Deurloo:

Simon Deurloo, was born and raised in Amsterdam. He studied Mechanical Engineering in Delft but has been working in IT for more than 20 years. He has been developing new branches for existing companies and helped to setup new companies.
He has been political active for more than 25 years. He has been a council man in Amsterdam. He is now a memeber of the [https://www.agv.nl/en/ Water Board Amstel, Gooi en Vecht].

In 2015 he established Popdat out of concern for the current state of democracy around the world. Popdat is a social platform that helps people to work together. Popdat can be customized to the wishes of the organisations involved and is used by governments, commercial and non-profit organisations throughout the world. Popdat is used by the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), and organisation which unites mayors of big cities around the world. Simon advises the Secretariat and Advisory Board of the GPM.

User:Simon Deurloo

2020-04-21T13:39:47Z

Simon Deurloo: Simon Deurloo is innovating democracy

Simon Deurloo (48), was born and raised in Amsterdam. He studied Mechanical Engineering in Delft but has been working in IT for more than 20 years. He has been developing new branches for existing companies and helped to setup new companies.
He has been political active for more than 25 years. He has been a council man in Amsterdam. He is now a memeber of the Water Board Amstel, Gooi en Vecht.

In 2015 he established Popdat out of concern for the current state of democracy around the world. Popdat is a social platform that helps people to work together. Popdat can be customized to the wishes of the organisations involved and is used by governments, commercial and non-profit organisations throughout the world. Popdat is used by the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), and organisation which unites mayors of big cities around the world. Simon advises the Secretariat and Advisory Board of the GPM.