Dr. Sophie Scott-Brown, a modern intellectual historian and philosopher specializing in direct democracy, anarchism, activism, and education. She is a fellow at the University of St Andrews and a NYU Remarque fellow. Dr. Scott-Brown has authored works such as "The Histories of Raphael Samuel: A Portrait of a People's Historian" and "Colin Ward and the Art of Everyday Anarchy".Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:50 Who is Sophie-Scott Brown?02:44 Why I Invited Sophie to the Podcast04:33 Anarchism11:23 Anarchy in Companies13:56 Equality & Friendship18:55 Society & Power24:33 Problems of Democracy30:22 Anarchism into practice46:25 Offensive Structure Realism00:56:38 Anarchic Systems through history01:06:02 My App on Direct Democracy01:17:28 Agora movement in Brussels01:19:54 Facilitators in Democracy01:26:08 Crowdsourcing your community01:29:20 Free Trade01:31:55 Thoughts on the conversation01:33:09 Sophie Scott-Brown's Last Words
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