David Moscrop is a political columnist, commentator, and author of Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions And How We Can Make Better Ones. He’s a contributing writer for The Walrus and his work has appeared in other publications including the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Guardian, and Time Magazine. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of British Columbia, where he studied the psychology of democratic deliberation. He lives in Ottawa.