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   "text": "Blockchain voting solutions require political will as well as technical capability, and incumbent governments may refuse to surrender control over the voting process, preferring private blockchains that preserve their control.",
   "abstract": "Yet, governments in the existing representative democracies may not wish to surrender control over the voting process and may prefer to use private blockchains to facilitate voting outcomes.",
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   "text": "Microdemocracy's key advantage is the speed of change it can initiate: because technology permits incorruptible instantaneous counting and tallying of votes, voting becomes dynamic and incremental and political will is exercised more directly.",
   "abstract": "Because technology enables the incorruptible counting and tallying of votes instantaneously, voting can be more dynamic and incremental and political will is exercised more directly.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867",
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   "text": "Microdemocracy combined with proper incentive design can reverse the decreasing voter participation that undermines representative democracies.",
   "abstract": "Microdemocracy and proper incentive design can reverse decreasing voter participation that undermines representative democracies.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783",
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