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John Donvan:
One plus one equals two. That is not debatable -- or at least it should not be. But ponder this. Ponder this equation. A while back, we held a debate on whether automation will so disrupt the future of work that we should all be getting a universal basic income. Then, on another occasion, we had a completely separate debate on a separate topic -- looking at the swing toward populism and authoritarianism in our politics with a debate called Western Democracy Is Threatening Suicide. So that equals two separate topics, two separate debates. Now though we want to see what happens when we add these two ideas together into one resolution because we think that one plus one could add up to something surprisingly insightful and exciting and have the makings of a debate. So, let's have it. Yes or no to this statement: Automation will crash Democracy. I'm John Donvan and I stand between two teams of two experts in this topic who will argue for and against the motion.
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