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.'''p001 Introduction''' .'''p009 PART 1 Voting''' .'''p011 ch01 The Best Way to Choose the Winner''' .p015 16yo attacked on TikTok for asking about the origin and value of algebra. Mathematicians explained that she asked deep and substantive questions that mathematicians struggled with for centuries .p015 n-dimensional object [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_topology | embedding theory ]] .p016 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perron%E2%80%93Frobenius_theorem | Perron-Frobenius theorem ]][[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank | Google Page Rank Algorithm ]] .p016 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_theorem | Euler's theorem 1736 ]] and internet encryption .p017 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_choice_theory | Social choice theory ]] .p020 [[ | ]] .p023 [[ | ]] .p023 [[ | ]] .'''p028 ch02 The Worst Way to Choose the Winner''' .p028 [[ | ]] .p028 [[ | ]] .p031 [[ | ]] .p033 [[ | ]] .p036 [[ | ]] .p037 [[ | ]] .p037 [[ | ]] .p038 [[ | ]] .p039 [[ | ]] .p039 [[ | ]] .p040 [[ | ]] .p043 [[ | ]] .p044 [[ | ]] .p044 [[ | ]] .p046 [[ | ]] .p047 [[ | ]] .p048 [[ | ]] .p050 [[ | ]] .'''p053 ch03 From Best to Worst''' .p064 [[ | ]] .p065 [[ | ]] .p066 [[ | ]] .p066 [[ | ]] .p067 [[ | ]] .p067 [[ | ]] .p068 [[ | ]] .p068 [[ | ]] .p069 [[ | ]] .p069 [[ | ]] .p070 [[ | ]] .p072 [[ | ]] .p072 [[ | ]] .p073 [[ | ]] .p075 [[ | ]] .p076 [[ | ]] .p076 [[ | ]] .p078 [[ | ]] .p078 [[ | ]] .p079 [[ | ]] .p079 [[ | ]] .p084 Borda count fails [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_irrelevant_alternatives | independence of irrelevant alternatives ]] .p086 Condorcet was a leader of the French Revolution, died in prison as an aristocrat .p086 Condorcet 1785 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet%27s_jury_theorem | Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority Decisions ]] ... "is also one of the most pretentious and convoluted pieces of academic writing ever composed" .p089 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method | Condorcet voting method ]] (used by Washington State LP?) .p090 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_paradox | Condorcet cycle ]] .'''p099 ch04 The Impossible Democracy''' .p104 Anonymity . Neutrality . Monotonicity . Majority . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_winner | Condorcet ]] . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_irrelevant_alternatives | Independence of irrelevant alternatives ]] .p104 Kenneth Arrow shows we can call off the search party. .p105 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arrow | Kenneth Arrow ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Choice_and_Individual_Values | Social Choice and Individual Values ]] 1951 .p106 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amartya_Sen | Amartya Sen ]] Nobel Economics 1998 ."individual liberties are incompatible with social needs" (???) Around page 108, I stopped reading and skimming. Voting is important, and I mostly agree with the author's conclusions, but I focus on other world-survival priorities which receive very little attention. .'''p112 ch05 To Each Their Own''' .'''p124 ch06 Strategy and Manipulation''' .p124 Academic hiring... choosing the method to bias outcome .'''p141 ch07 And the Winner Is...''' === Part2 . Representation === .'''p149 ch08 This Old House''' .'''p173 ch09 Rather Devisive than Indecisive''' .'''p183 ch10 Divisor and Conquer''' .p189 Webster apportionment or major fractions or [[ Sainte-Laguë ]] method . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Sainte-Lagu%C3%AB | André Sainte-Laguë ]] (1882–1950) 1910 . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster | Daniel Webster ]]( 1782-1852 ) 1832 .p190 .'''p207 ch10 A Country Divided''' .207 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering | gerrymandering ]] .'''p304 An Infrastructure Plan''' * Use instant runoff voting in single winner elections * Eliminate the Electoral College * Use popular vote with instant runoff for presidential elections * Use multimember districts with single transferrable voting * Increase the size of the House of Representatives * Use the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Lagu%C3%AB_method | Webster apportionment method ]] * Use independent districting commissions * Introduce more political quantitative literacy into school curricula |
Making Democracy Count
Ismar Volic . 2024 . BvtLib 324.6 VOL
Part 1 . Voting
p001 Introduction
p009 PART 1 Voting
p011 ch01 The Best Way to Choose the Winner
p015 16yo attacked on TikTok for asking about the origin and value of algebra. Mathematicians explained that she asked deep and substantive questions that mathematicians struggled with for centuries
p015 n-dimensional object embedding theory
p016 Euler's theorem 1736 and internet encryption
p017 Social choice theory
p028 ch02 The Worst Way to Choose the Winner
p053 ch03 From Best to Worst
p084 Borda count fails independence of irrelevant alternatives
- p086 Condorcet was a leader of the French Revolution, died in prison as an aristocrat
p086 Condorcet 1785 Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority Decisions ... "is also one of the most pretentious and convoluted pieces of academic writing ever composed"
p089 Condorcet voting method (used by Washington State LP?)
p090 Condorcet cycle
p099 ch04 The Impossible Democracy
p104 Anonymity . Neutrality . Monotonicity . Majority . Condorcet . Independence of irrelevant alternatives
- p104 Kenneth Arrow shows we can call off the search party.
p106 Amartya Sen Nobel Economics 1998
- "individual liberties are incompatible with social needs" (???)
Around page 108, I stopped reading and skimming. Voting is important, and I mostly agree with the author's conclusions, but I focus on other world-survival priorities which receive very little attention.
p112 ch05 To Each Their Own
p124 ch06 Strategy and Manipulation
- p124 Academic hiring... choosing the method to bias outcome
p141 ch07 And the Winner Is...
Part2 . Representation
p149 ch08 This Old House
p173 ch09 Rather Devisive than Indecisive
p183 ch10 Divisor and Conquer
p189 Webster apportionment or major fractions or Sainte-Laguë method
André Sainte-Laguë (1882–1950) 1910
Daniel Webster( 1782-1852 ) 1832
- p190
p207 ch10 A Country Divided
207 gerrymandering
p304 An Infrastructure Plan
- Use instant runoff voting in single winner elections
- Eliminate the Electoral College
- Use popular vote with instant runoff for presidential elections
- Use multimember districts with single transferrable voting
- Increase the size of the House of Representatives
Use the Webster apportionment method
- Use independent districting commissions
- Introduce more political quantitative literacy into school curricula