For the past few years I have been saying that more and more of our lives will very soon be under the governance of the big Silicon Valley information giants. Living in Google's jurisdiction as it were. Morozov is much more articulate than me. He is now convinced that once this transformation is complete there … Continue reading Morozov: tech firms now run western politics
Tag: democracy
LiquidFeedback: Interactive Democracy and Non-Moderated Proposition Development
A few weeks ago I attended a workshop about LiquidFeedback organised by Netwerk Democratie and Waag Society. LiquidFeedback is a piece of open source (MIT-licensed) software that is used by the Pirate Party in Germany to help them in their decision making process. The tool aims to deliver the following: Pure and representative democracy Non … Continue reading LiquidFeedback: Interactive Democracy and Non-Moderated Proposition Development
Watching TED Global 2012 Streamed Live From Edinburgh
Today I attended a virtual TED session at Kennisnet in Zoetermeer. Kennisnet has a TED Live membership and hosted a few guests on their verdieping. I watched two sessions of about six talks each streamed straight from Edinburgh. Below my semi-live blog with the things that triggered me. Shades of Openness Chris Anderson kicked of … Continue reading Watching TED Global 2012 Streamed Live From Edinburgh