On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:56 PM, glen ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We could try a parallax approach, though ... divide the whole into parts > by multiple (different) methods (state, county, demographic, ...) and use > something akin to Kullback-Leibler to constrain a set of "common models", > perhaps in the context of a reference set of policies (environment, gun > control, pot legalization, ...). Even if such an method for consensus were > merely self-reported opinion, it might at least be a bit more robust, even > though it's still phenomenological. That reminds me, I wanted a database of local governments covering the whole world, the civic problems they face, the solutions they implement, how effective it all is, and what it costs. Then we bin them up by population and density, see who wins, give prizes, publicize, and repeat. Local politics as reality TV. -- rec --
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