Creating Democracy for the 21st Century -- Dr. Carl Luna

Hi, my name is Carl Luna and I've prepared this short video for you on the challenges confronting democracy both in the United States and around the world in the 21st century. I've given a number of talks over the years on this topic and I typically have phrased it in the form of how do we restore democracy? How

do we get back to what we had? But I've realized that's a fool's errand hakuna matata. It's in the past. Uh the way we have to really conceptualize things now is creating a new democracy for the 21st century. Looking at new ways we can use technology and the realities of modern life, artificial intelligence,

computers, social media to advance a new form of democracy that empowers more people to be able to speak for their own and for a global future. Uh again, I'm Carl Nuna. I'm a professor emeritus of political science at San Diego Mesa College. Taught there for some 37 years and still teaching uh as a

retired professor. I've also been a visiting professor at the University of San Diego uh for the past oh my my goodness now 20 six years uh teaching political science classes. I teach from the undergraduate freshman level up through graduate school on a variety of topics from American governments to international political economy. In

addition to my professorial duties, I have been the director of the Institute for Civil Civic Engagement, a partnership between the University of San Diego and the San Diego Community College District. Uh for the past 12 years, the goal of our institute has been to build across the San Diego region uh better opportunities for

dialogue that cut through polarization that try to bring people together. Regrettably, 12 years into the project, there's still an increasing amount of work to do. One other role I hold, uh I I'm a political commentator in San Diego. Uh, I'm known as a nonpartisan political commentator and I've done oh hundreds and hundreds of interviews for