Digital Democracy

Harvard FAS

In the age of AI, what has happened to the dream of democracy, the faith that we can collectively govern ourselves? This course takes three approaches to addressing this urgent question, and in the process asks students to develop their own conceptions of citizenship and moral action. First, the core method is historical. With a focus on the postwar United States, we will examine how a wide range of actors have used digital technologies to remake the basic building blocks of government.…