> We need better ways to govern shared planetary problems. - Climate, coordination, trust, legitimacy, participation. - Nation states are necessary, but often too slow, adversarial, and risk-heavy for rapid experimentation. - Online platforms have scale, but not democratic legitimacy. - Small civic pilots are often inspiring, but too weak to test real governance.
# Speaker note This is where the audience says, yes, fair enough.
The first slide, DON'T PANIC, should set the tone. It says that the planetary situation is serious, but that panic is not a governance method.
# Next - Improve Politics?