Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
And I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, it’s just the opposite: it’s regular, flawed human beings choosing to put others before themselves, even at great cost, even if no one will ever know, even as they realize the walls might be closing in around them.
the secret of new york is that it only really works at the extremes
not that the rich or the poor have it easy, but the middle is where the city quietly grinds you down. the rich float above the city, insulated by square footage and silence, moving through private doors. the poor learn how to make the city bend. they split rooms and meals and jump
... See moreLiving among different people also deepens empathy. If you grew up alongside refugees, it is harder to fear them. If you recognize the face of the unhoused person on your block, it is harder to dismiss them. Familiarity makes humanity harder to ignore.
Strong ties like family, close friends, and churches are where ideas are nurtured and meaning is deepened. They are necessary, but limited. Weak ties are how information travels, how opportunities surface, how culture spreads. It is part of why social platforms are powerful. They dramatically increase our number of weak ties.
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demos.co.uk
Digital Democracy and Democracy, peace, dialogue & deliberation
Waves: Tech-Powered Democracy - “Waves is a new digital deliberation process and tool that uses AI to enable participation both at scale and in depth. Waves integrates existing digital tools – Remesh and PSI – with new open-source technology, developed by CASM Technology, to simplify and scale end-to-end deliberation for local governments.”
Building distributed media for a democratic breakdown
werd.io
public service journalism is a load-bearing prerequisite for democracy
Local News & Information and Local Digital Social Networks
Ben Werdmuler
