Rebooting democracy
Harnessing potential from the relentless flow of pervasive, personal technologies such as those that helped elect Barack Obama and launch massive change.
by Brian Reich, iFocos, Limor Schafman, Keystone Technologies
Rebooting Democracy – A Proposal
By Akshay Sthapit — Brian Reich from iFOCOS started off the session “Rebooting Democracy” and shared with us how he arrived at the Miami International Airport recently and was struck by the more than 50 pieces of art about freedom and participation. In this connected age how we share information has changed, but has that brought about change? For example think of the many online petitions that are not heeded by anyone. We need more than technology which has made us lazy (it is too easy to send mass emails, tweets, SMS messages, or write blog posts) – we need commitment to make change happen. What is there, the question was proposed, about the new connected society that can be applied to government to make something happen?
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