the last 20 years changed everything
Technology has changed the way we use information and the way we work with people.It has transformed the way we do everything in our lives, but it has not yet touched government. We’re using an old model of governance which made sense when most people didn’t have access to the information needed to become a valuable contributor to the conversation which creates legislation. Technology is amoral - it is simply a tool that amplifies our ability to disseminate information and collaborate with people further and faster. Our amplified ability to organize begs the question:
If can access social media 24 hours a day - why can’t we engage with our legislative process 24 hours a day?
We now have the access to the research and experts needed to check what we’ve been told is working against evidence.
We can use data scrapes and analytics to generate a very digestible interpretation of huge amounts of information.
We can coordinate within large numbers in a digital space to discuss our local issues and suggest solutions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
We use social media to alert the demographics that have pertitant legislation in commitee.
We can use digital maps for citizens to drop pins of interest, either to identify an issue or a solution.
Established groups around the world are reconsidering how we use currency and exchange value with evidence based practices