Hugh Pope
@hughpope.bsky.social
Writer on deliberative democracy, Turkey, the Middle East & Central Asia. Love to review books.
For the transcript and what I learned watching Riz Ahmed in action, take a look at my substack post here:
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Making sortition cool, trendy and fun
Famed British actor Riz Ahmed pits his wits against elections as a way of choosing decision-makers
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September 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
For the transcript and what I learned watching Riz Ahmed in action, take a look at my substack post here:
open.substack.com/pub/hughpope...
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Being old-fashioned, I wrote up my feelings about the climb - and how it taught me to appreciate again what I had forgotten was right on my doorstep.
hughpope.com/2025/08/22/r...
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Reconnecting with Turkey’s Olympian heights
How making the ascent of Mount Olympos on the southern Turkish coast redoubled my appreciation of the raw beauty of a region where my wife and I built a house twenty years ago.
hughpope.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Being old-fashioned, I wrote up my feelings about the climb - and how it taught me to appreciate again what I had forgotten was right on my doorstep.
hughpope.com/2025/08/22/r...
hughpope.com/2025/08/22/r...
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Citizens' assemblies inch into the mainstream - @hughpope.bsky.social
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RebootDemocracy.AI Blog | News That Caught Our Eye #57
In the news this week: Engagements with public professionals on AI – one from Dubai, one from New Jersey – showcase why to use AI to do more public listening. The White House's AI directives lack esse...
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May 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Citizens' assemblies inch into the mainstream - @hughpope.bsky.social
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