Business has historically operated a 'take-make-waste' philosophy, but a radical transformation is now needed...
Via pdjmoo, David Hodgson
Share ideas that matter on the social web and experience
the benefits of curating the world's best content.
I don't have a Facebook, a Twitter or a LinkedIn account
|
|
Rescooped by ddrrnt from The Big Picture onto The Next Edge |
Business has historically operated a 'take-make-waste' philosophy, but a radical transformation is now needed...
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Your new post is loading...
The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub -- so why can’t governments? In this rousing TED talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens. Clay Shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the history of ways of arguing, where changes in media change what sort of arguments are possible -- with deep social and political implications. Via The Asymptotic Leap Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
No
"Like any technology, democracy was once a radical innovation, thought unlikely to work. Now, it is the industry standard. Our aim is to find, analyze, and debate the innovations in governance today that may become the standards of tomorrow, especially those that utilize the best technology for social organization ever developed–the market. We are particularly interested in the meta-innovations that will alter incentives in the governing industry to improve the rate of innovation." Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
No
|
A linguistics professor in Bamberg is considered the most powerful member of Germany's burgeoning Pirate Party, even though he holds no office. Martin Haase engages in politics almost exclusively through the Internet using the party's Liquid Feedback software. The platform is flattening the political hierarchy and is unique among German political parties.
Martin Haase doesn't have to give any hard-hitting speeches at party conferences, nor does he spend time at board meetings or in back rooms to hone his power. When the 49-year-old professor wants to engage in politics, he just opens his laptop and logs in to Liquid Feedback, the Pirate Party's online platform for discussing and voting on political proposals.
Via Jose Murilo, David Hodgson Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
No
|



Your new post is loading...