Accountability arenas

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Overview

Civilization currently has four (possibly five) major official arenas in which issues are ultimately resolved by dialogue and disputation.

• science
• markets
• democracy
• the court system
• the internet (newly emerging)

Sources

• Disputation Arenas by David Brin

Notes

How does "public opinion", as arrived at by discussion between individuals (and informed, perhaps unfortunately, by popular media) fit into this?