When Big Tech Becomes Too Useful to Restrain: Who Guards the Moral Soul of Society?
Everyone is talking about OpenAI and other tech giants becoming too big to fail. Dr. Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob argues that we should be more worried about their becoming too politically useful to restrain.
God and Democracy
Can democracy survive without faith? GCRD Trustee and Board Member, Dr. Doug Barry, tackles one of the most enduring questions in political philosophy—the relationship between divine authority and democratic legitimacy.
On this International Day of Tolerance (2025)
On this International Day of Tolerance, GCRD Director of Strategic Projects & Partnerships, Croshelle Harris, offers a deeply personal reflection on how information manipulation shapes our capacity for human encounter.
A Framework for Understanding AI-Induced Fracture and Authentic Leadership Restoration
Moving beyond traditional institutional trust theory, this framework reveals trust as a complex, interdependent system spanning five layers: from the deepest meta-cognitive capacity for trust itself (Trust in Trust), through epistemic and social foundations, to the critical mediating role of authentic democratic leadership, and ultimately to institutional legitimacy.