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Of all the areas Silicon Valley has disrupted, it's profoundly frustrating that political lobbying isn't one of them. I'm not aware of any startups even attempting it.

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How exactly would they disrupt it?

Make it available to the public. Have a service where people can come together to decide what to lobby for.

If only there was some way every member of the public could have a say in political decisions. Hopefully one of those clever startups figures it out.

Introducing, Representr: the first Democracy-as-a Service.

Someone posted this earlier from Schneier on Security but it didn't get much traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35162918

"AI Could Write Our Laws"

I didn't read it fully (yet) but early on he (I believe) coins the term "microlegislation".

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