Good question.

But first I shall digress. I am a Civ fan, having spent too many hours on Civ 1, 2, 3, &.4. Then I left the game for about 15 years. These days, I am back on Civ 3.

Yes, there are a few too many historical and humanistic inaccuracies with the Civ franchise, which I doubt were fixed in version 5 & 6. But it is fun and challenging. If nothing else, Civ teaches us to plan ahead--a long ways ahead. I can think of many "less unproductive" places for people to spend their free time.

Back to the questions.

I spent six years as an active volunteer in a political party. When I finally figured out that party politics is dysfunctional, I quit. But somehow I invented another democracy that would address all the dysfunction I had experience.

I have been developing and promoting this new system since 1997. We can argue that because I am a nobody (your essay did mention the many not-famous people), my ideas have no merit.

In my promotion, it's not hard to find a deep frustration with current ways. Yet these same frustrated ways will not investigate new ideas.

Strange, isn't it?