I don’t know if peer review already does this, but it seems simple to solve politics if we had one place to list all points.
The hard part is getting the other side to acknowledge and really understand the points of the opposing side.
Twitter is a shouting match. Hotness algorithms black hole discussions in Reddit and HN comments.
1. List all points from both sides.
2. Force both sides to acknowledge all points of the other side.
3. Respond to all points.
4. Acknowledge all responses.
5. Respond to all responses.
6. Repeat.
We should be tracking whether each side has acknowledged points from the other side.
For every issue, we should have a list of latest responses to points.
Why isn’t it easy for us to see where the experts disagree for an issue?
Discussions usually start from the root and go down 2 or 3 levels before hitting a wall.
When everyone knows where to go to see who’s ignoring what, both sides will be pressured to answer.
In the last US Presidential election, nearly half of eligible voters didn't vote for either of the 2 major party candidates. This is mainly due to turnout being only 56%.
IMO political discourse would be much improved if "both sides" simply stopped talking altogether, allowing other people and views to have adequate representation for once.