Civic Engagement
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Civic Engagement
A value system is fostered through storytelling and negotiation in forums of public discourse.
Sam Hart • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
Forum for the Future
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Kristin Taylor, Blog: The waves of civic tech
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Nearly half of Zoomers talk about politics and current events with their close friends at least once a week. But among voting-age Americans under 25, only 30 percent said they would “definitely” be voting in the November elections, compared with 60 percent of Americans 26 or older.
Peter Hamby • Out with The Olds!
while voting is symbolically powerful, this model misses an important truth: we do not discover shared values through individually revealed preference. If public goods are to satisfy shared values, then public discussion of what's of value matters!
Sam Hart • Positive Sum Worlds: Remaking Public Goods
In the civic sphere, we know there’s a massive tension between the appetite for more participatory democracy and the systems and roadblocks in place. In a world where multiplayer mode was the true norm, collective decision-making would become the cornerstone of our political process, with citizens much more actively involved in shaping policies and... See more
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
ohn Podesta, a senior advisor to the Biden White House on clean energy, put it bluntly: “We got so good at stopping projects that we forgot how to build things in America.”