¶ Planetary Democracy
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Planetary Democracy:
"of the concept of democracy. Democracy is unable to express itself. That is why samplings of political viewpoints have developed. The Congress conducts as many inquiries as possible to discover in advance of elections what their constituents are thinking. Particularly amongst the young there is a feeling of absolute futility. The system is not working.
"Over a great many years I have been following the technology of electromagnetic communications to find out if it did not contain its own answer to how one-to-one correspondence might be regained. In 1940 I was science and technology consultant to ‘Fortune’ magazine. After checking with the telephone system engineers and finding it technically feasible, and not disruptive of all other regular services… I proposed daily voting by telephone on all prominent questions before Congress. That was back in 1940 and I published my proposal in my book, ‘No More Secondhand God.’
"Since World War II studies have been scientifically conducted disclosing the electromagnetic energy output of human brains. The work has been scientifically conducted in veterans’ hospitals with electrodes fastened to the heads of volunteers. Then, "
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- RBF in committee transcript, US Senate, 15 May’75
