Julian Benson’s Post

I've spent the past week feeding political literature into Democracy 4 to see what would happen if the Conservatives, Labour, or the Liberal Democrats won the election. Spoilers: it doesn't end well... While no simulation can capture the true complexity of the social, economic, and political situation, it's fascinating to see how a game can reveal just how big a challenge we face in the next five years and how small some of the proposals in the parties' manifestos are when faced with that reality. (Is this article a barely veiled way to justify how much time I spend listening to politics podcasts and reading 24-hour news sites? No comment.)