MetaFilter posts tagged with participation Posts tagged with 'participation' at MetaFilter. Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:42:23 -0800 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:42:23 -0800 en-us 60 epistolary novel <a href="">Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government</a> [<a href="">1</a>,<a href="">2</a>,<a href="">3</a>] <a href="">Open Source Politics: The Radical Promise of Germany's Pirate Party</a><blockquote>If anything, the Pirate Party is more akin to the Communist Party, in that it was born out of an emerging economic and social era driven by a new technology, and that it advocates for people's rights in, and postulates new rules of engagement for, how to live in this new era of new advances. If the communists were beholden to industrialization, then the Pirates are beholden to the Internet. "The ancient dream of compiling all human knowledge and culture and to store it for the present and future is within close grasp," the Pirate manifesto posits. "The digital revolution brings humanity the opportunity of advancing democracy" and "enables completely new and previously unthinkable solutions for the distribution of power within a state." "The aim," it calls, "is to distribute power as broadly as possible over all citizens and thus secure their freedom and their privacy." The Internet has radically transformed human society by democratizing access to information, as well as the aspiration to shape knowledge.</blockquote>also btw... -<a href="">The Power of Networks</a> -<a href="">When We Build</a> -<a href="">The mathematics of democracy: Who should vote?</a> -<a href="">Military Aid Plummets as Washington Turns Focus to Bolstering Legal System</a> [<a href="">1</a>,<a href="">2</a>,<a href="">3</a>],2012:site.120291 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:42:23 -0800 clayshirky collaboration coordination culture democracy design future github government internet judiciary justice law medium networks opensource participation pirate politics RMS sharing shirky social society technology voting kliuless Participatory Budgeting. <a href="">Government can't solve budget battles?</a> <a href="">Let citizens do it</a>.,2011:site.102248 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:07:10 -0800 budget budgeting community democracy participation politics society - The good, the bad and the prolific moderator. <em>At the Bartos Theater, <a href="">in conversation with Henry Jenkins, these speakers</a></em> [Yochai Benkler and Cass Sunstein] <em>don’t so much square off as share their hopes and fears for the emergence of online democracy.</em> <blockquote><em>The first order of business, instructs Jenkins, is taking stock of the current “communication space” to assess whether current practices encourage the growth of digital democracy. Cass Sunstein gives the Internet a C-, for its “babble and excellence…brilliant insight and cruelty, that are not from the standpoint of self-government…what we deserve.” Yochai Benkler, describing the “good public sphere,” focuses less on sheer freedom of expression, and more on how people participate in “production of an agenda,” and how they are enabled to “investigate, pursue, differ, err, correct and discuss.” Sunstein bemoans the common opinion in the “geek world” that if you’re sovereign over your own options, you can “declare victory and go home.” In Sunstein’s version of a well-functioning system of communication, “you don’t construct a daily me, your communications cocoon, your little information chamber,” but embrace “unanticipated exposure and shared experience.” Such moments energize people, shifting them from passivity to active citizenship, declares Sunstein. Benkler sees the Internet as couched in the larger framework of power and elites, where government or commercially directed mass media typically produce our common experiences. But now, with the Web, “instead of having a few hundred or a few thousand people with a genuine ability to set the agenda, we instead have two to three million people who believe they can affect the agenda without kidding themselves too badly. That seems like a larger population that can push on power.” This is a “significant change in citizenship from the idea of sitting in front of the TV.” He finds particularly attractive organizations like Netroots, which prod traditional political parties in certain directions. <a href="">But there’s a possibility for fragmentation</a>, and even dangerous polarization, Sunstein worries, with online communities clustering around similar interests and erecting bulwarks against contrary thinking. “The notion that freedom of choice, the ability to self-select and produce our own information content is a full cure for what ails us, runs into obstacles,” he says. Benkler, though, believes the tendency to “tell each other how great and right we are and how wrong they are” is a plausible description “of how we’ve always been.” He is happily observing a new generation of children grow up deeply imbedded in new technologies that help them develop an “attitude of seeking and being able to find.” Sunstein <a href="">summons</a> his muse, <a href="">Jane Jacobs,</a> to <a href="">describe</a> his ideal: an Internet <a href="">metropolis</a> that mirrors the <a href="">best</a> an <a href="">American</a> city offers. “Walking along some street, you see a person, interaction, building that stuns you…If you really look, the fertility and surprise of that will alter what you’re interested in, what you care about, your aesthetic and even political sense.” Sunstein dreams of a digital world designed for serendipity, as well as norms of interaction, (such as on Wikipedia) that promote collaboration, self-correction and the prevention of lies and cruelty.</em></blockquote>,2010:site.98236 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:16:02 -0800 bad BartosTheater CassSunstein CriticalOptimism Discussion education good GoodBadUgly HenryJenkins IP JaneJacobs MIT Online OnlineDemocracy Open OpenAccess Participation school ugly Virtual wikipedia YochaiBenkler infinite intimation Spacehack <a href="">Spacehack</a> "A directory of ways to participate in space exploration. Interact and connect with the space community.",2009:site.83832 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:52:07 -0800 community dataanalysis exploration opensource participation participatory research science space chrismear Afterwards: jelly and ice-cream Hey Mom! Bobby wants to know if we can <a href="">come out and play</a>!,2009:site.82256 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:09:23 -0800 audience bobby fun improvisation mcferrin montreaux participation simonsays urbanwhaleshark Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don't vote <a href="">Alberta voted on March 3, 2008.</a> Or did it? <a href="">The record low turnout of 41.3%</a> is causing <a href="">questions</a> to be asked. Declining voter turnout is not <a href="">new in Canada.</a> Elections Canada has studied the <a href="">reasons behind it</a><a href="">(full study indexed here),</a> showing that many factors play a role in the decision not to vote. Is it time to explore the <a href="">Australian solution?</a>(pdf) In the meantime, American primaries are <a href="">breaking records</a> for <a href="">voter turnout</a>, showing that the trend can be overcome.,2008:site.69649 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:11:08 -0800 alberta apathy australia canada participation turnout unitedstates voter voting never used baby shoes 9/11, for the future <a href="">The September Project</a> -- On 9/11, <i>libraries big and small will host events where citizens can participate collectively and think creatively about our country, our government, our community, and encourage and support the well-informed voice of the American citizenry.</i> A Day of and for Democracy.,2004:site.32620 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:38:39 -0800 books democracy libraries participation septembereleventh septemberproject amberglow <A HREF=>Kottke offers a good critique</A> of online discussions (like MeFi), and he makes some excellent suggestions on how to improve them. He quotes an unnamed source: "The problem with online forums is that those who have very little to contribute participate the most while those with valuable information to share participate the least." Now, let's try to keep the conversation cordial...,2000:site.2231 Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:15:01 -0800 communities forums kottke metafilter online participation ericost