Civics in an age of mistrust and decentralization
I regularly coordinate a salon over at the New England Complex Systems Institute.
View ArticleForbidden Research liveblog: Against the law: countering lawful abuses of...
With bunnie huang, Author, Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering and Edward Snowden. Liveblog by Sam Klein, Erhardt Graeff, and myself.
View ArticleForbidden Research liveblog: Messing with Nature: Genetics and Climate
Live blog by Sam Klein, Natalie, and myself.
View ArticleForbidden Research liveblog: Sexual deviance: can technology protect our...
liveblog by Alexis, Sam Klein, Natalie, and myselfEthan Zuckerman, Director, MIT Center for Civic Media moderates.
View ArticleForbidden Research liveblog: Disobedience: breaking the rules for social good
Many ideas and norms once considered unthinkable, like test tube babies and gay marriage, have now become everyday norms. It’s impossible to imagine life without them. For society to evolve, however,...
View ArticleAll in Our Backyard - social justice in disaster response
One of the hardest lessons and ongoing challenges in digital disaster and humanitarian response is how to connect with a local population. While many digital response groups deal with this by waiting...
View ArticleAttention and Atrocities
Every year, Canada's Médecins Sans Frontières (AKA Doctors Without Borders / MSF) meets for their Annual General Assembly. I know about this because two years ago their topic was "Is MSF missing the...
View ArticleSo you want to build a tech tool which bridges political divides...
I reached out to friends at Center for Civic Media about how much I've been hearing lately about folk wanting to "pop communication bubbles." A bunch of these (and Berkman) folk have been working on...
View ArticleAn Open Letter From Civic Hackers to Puerto Rico & USVI in the Wake of...
I am working with a group of civic developers committed to supporting Hurricane victims for relief & recovery who have helped with the software development and data analysis of Hurricane Harvey and...
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