The creation of the Idea Square was one of the greatest contribution to the politics of the city. They had built it on a central lot, with crystallised terminal-walls to collect the ideas of the citizenry.
Adding to a terminal was easily done with just a few simple gestures of a hand, and then the AI would group the addition together with the notes already added by others. No subject was taboo except for those that violated the Codes of Ethics, of course, and every opinion was open to argumentation. The city had gotten a new focal point.
The Square had changed the way politics worked completely. At the end of each PoliTerm the AI sifted through all the additions made and found which topics had gotten enough attention to go through a vote, organised them into propositions, and then put them on the public Voters' Board. If a proposition passed the people most suited for the implementation were put to work by the mainframe.
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