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I blame atomization of society, loss of community, breakdown of family unit due to unbridled capitalism. Gun availability not a prime cause.
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The wonderful thing about seeing a shooting star is not the possibility of your wish coming true but rather that at that split second you know exactly what you want most in your life...
Here's what I believe education, exploration & learning are about. 3-min music vid of my NSTA keynote addresshttp://t.co/DbyY6EWGK9 #edchat
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'58% of all the VC money in the world is invested in California' #disruptiontour
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Brilliant solution that every city should embrace: The 'Reverse' Food Truck http://t.co/iktA7SNJUH via @HuffPostImpact
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talked at pd14
The #pdf14 reading list. Collect them all. http://t.co/Te1yDkOXzD
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MT If you missed @RonakGopaldas article 'Why delivering soft infrastructure matters in Africa' I highly recommend ithttp://t.co/GH8U2XhVqj
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RT @hubmum: Final slide by @MTBracken digital dir for UK #pdf14 http://t.co/zncFgrP1Cc
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Interesting @BradSmi Q&A RT @johnpaulfarmer: Civic Innovation at Microsoft is now "a priority from the top of the company," #PDF14
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People need to believe that their personal actions will change public outcomes. @antheaws #PDF14http://t.co/Zp4SiPbPan
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.@antheaws calls on designers to stop designing for the "user they wish existed." #pdf14
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like Ed
PB + D > C... Tech is best at reducing C, but how can we ^ P & make D sexy/fun thru better storytelling? #pdf14 @antheaws #nerdsrule
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Need to remember that "there's a big difference between politics and civic" says @marcidale at #PDF14
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uch more money 3.5 bio is going into getting people into office than helping Congress make good decisions 850 mio
"The greater our ability to see what's going on in Congress, the greater the dissatisfaction with Congress" #pdf14
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@marcidale World has never had a transparent, participatory, inclusive, responsive democracy, so no models #PDF14
@marcidale links new govt transparency to govt paralysis. Now that the sausage making is visible, govt "has stopped making sausage." #PDF14
so maybe we change that - make it less about knowing what's going on in congress and more about whats going on w/7 billion people
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Now on stage: @StacyDon @OmidyarNetwork speaking about next steps for personal democracy & technology #PDF14
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Adam Greenfield @agpublic
.@alexgoldmark The "smart city" is entirely, profoundly and purposively antithetical to participatory democracy. #PDF14
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.@agpublic That's hyperbole. Smart #cities can clearly lead to more democracy. Sensors & measurement can lead to more transparency.
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.@alexgoldmark Transparency for whom? For what purposes, instrumentalized and operationalized in what specific ways?
Class dynamics now at the fore at #PDF14 and it is awkward
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yep @karmel80: I understand @handup showing the individual gets people to care and help bc it's concrete. But still makes me cringe. #pdf14
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Same. A "linked-in" for blue-collar workers is fine but the REAL problem they face is not on supply side. It's demand for their work. #pdf14
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Sorry, #pdf14. Research is clear: Job training, networking, etc. are rounding error on what US impedes US workers: lack of good jobs. #pdf14
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nstead, I'd love to see a #pdf14 talk on how tech can help workers can organize, unionize & reverse policies that destroy good jobs.
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The poor don't need rich people donating. They need economic justice. There's not an app for that. #pdf14
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@drgoddess African Amer are 13% of Amer but 26% of Twitter. #PDF14
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what we need are spaces that are open accessible.. - drgoddess
Listening to @drgoddess talk about #BlackTwitter at #PDF14: http://t.co/0J7VkaLDzy Would love to see a @nodexl of this network, @Marc_Smith.
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Participatory democracy, says @drgoddess, creates an opportunity for anyone to become an activists. #pdf14
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That homeless woman on the street is there because of a collective failure of society. She's not a means to make a profit. #PDF14
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@Rasiej calls @BradSmi's speech at #pdf14 one of most impassioned defenses for democracy ever heard in 11 years of PDF.
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A little holy-fuck moment w/ @granicus & CM @BenKallos at #PDF14. Granicus is willing to work w/ the @NYCCouncil to publish an API, RSS, etc
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At #civiclabs sesh, @Sharon_Paley of @HackBmore employs broader definition of civic hacking, not strictly limited to tech solutions #PDF14
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Immigration reform. "Mark Zuckerberg is our biggest funder. Unrelated, we use Facebook ads to generate most of our activity." #pdf14
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"This economy isn't just about removing middlemen" says AirBnB co-founder. Okay. But they are the new middlemen. #pdf14
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@craigperko They do. But it's still being a middlemen and taking a sizable cut. #pdf14
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Here's @JakeBrewer's article on the "Tragedy of Advocacy" that @Mlsif mentioned http://t.co/Gn5HmaZqvk #PDF14
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This is not at all about the sharing economy. This is about the scraping-by economy. #airbnb #PDF14
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"2004: Online replicates offline, digital vs trad struggle.2014: "Offline" transformed by tech+data, blurring lines." @PatrickRuffini #pdf14
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RT @zeynep: Most interesting point here is the scare quotes around "offline." There is no offline anymore. #pdf14http://t.co/SvlFQsKkJq
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#pdf14 @SlaughterAM is talking about the service economy I first read about in Natural Capitalism back in 1999.
Read this book.
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Read this book.
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Here I disagree. Let's make votes more impt."Future currency of democracy is money. Make everyone a political donor." @SlaughterAM #pdf14
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"Building long term capacity... Residue of human trust... Building an institution" +++combined with fast @cshirky #pdf14
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A big hand to @Mlsif and @Rasiej and the whole team to yet another awesome, thought-provoking #pdf14. Did I say awesome?
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Karen Melchior @karmel80
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changing how we measure ed - @SlaughterAM #PDF14 - or perhaps stop measuring it.. because now we can
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technical skill is no longer enough. we have to solve the very real problem of how to have people step up. - @PatrickRuffini #PDF14
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Zeynep Tufekci @zeynep
"2004: Online replicates offline, digital vs trad struggle.2014: "Offline" transformed by tech+data, blurring lines." @PatrickRuffini #pdf14
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Asher Novek @ashernovek
“Potholes are the gateway drug to civic engagement” #PDF14
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things might have gotten done yrs ago but bonding from knowing more of the story not so much - @benberkowitz en.seeclickfix.com #PDF14
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i get to look through this really beautiful lens/platform -of neighbors caring for each other - @benberkowitz en.seeclickfix.com #PDF14
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connecting neighbors as they work together on their neighborhood - @benberkowitz en.seeclickfix.com #PDF14
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one by one remarkably.. things start to change. people clearly care about their neighborhood - @benberkowitz en.seeclickfix.com #PDF14
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citizens looking to make small iterative improvements in their community - @benberkowitz en.seeclickfix.com #PDF14
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silicon valley starts w/question of why not. dc starts w/why. @joekgreen #PDF14
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Personal Democracy @pdmteam
The main hall livestream is up for the last two hours of #PDF14 personaldemocracy.com/conferences/ny…
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Zeynep Tufekci @zeynep
Participatory democracy, says @drgoddess, creates an opportunity for anyone to become an activists. #pdf14
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Ben Berkowitz @benberkowitz
@StacyDon 'has pleasure of introducing good news from the #internet' also has pleasure of enabling it via @OmidyarNetwork - thx! #PDF14
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad
.@marcidale: the money spent on talking the talk vs walking the walk. #pdf14 pic.twitter.com/BRkQ0k2bLA
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Personal Democracy @pdmteam
Need to remember that "there's a big difference between politics and civic" says @marcidale at #PDF14
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Zeynep Tufekci @zeynep
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Zeynep Tufekci @zeynep
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Localization: for people and the Earth: youtu.be/PucOhupKQa0 via @YouTube
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad
The #pdf14 reading list. Collect them all. pic.twitter.com/Te1yDkOXzD
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gov stack: civic infrastructure, beauty, usefulness, software..govt is network @MTBracken #PDF14
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that positive feedback loop is democracy @MTBracken #PDF14
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strategy: get on and do it.. @MTBracken #PDF14
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Gabriela @stereogab
Love @WELLO's use of civic tech, public engagement & #opendata to address problem of blight in Detroit #pdf14 pic.twitter.com/FDqlDozel2
