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I saw a TED talk about using GH as a form of collaborative democracy once. I am so shocked (in the best way) that momentum is building this quickly.
by clienthunter 13y ago
I saw a TED talk about using GH as a form of collaborative democracy once. I am so shocked (in the best way) that momentum is building this quickly.
- briandoll 13y agoLoved that talk! It was Clay Shirky "How the Internet will (one day) transform government" http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_transform_government.html http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_o...
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- sliverstorm 13y agoI figure what's happening is the governments around the world have started picking up people who are excited about open source and GitHub, as those people grow old enough to work in government. It wasn't long ago that GitHub was (in my eyes) mostly popular with early-twenties and younger, a demographic that doesn't usually work in government! But they grow older, some get hired in government, and they bring their enthusiasm with them.
- konklone 13y agoAnd there are some exceptions! The CFPB, in particular, has a number of extremely talented young people doing awesome work and in-house development for them -- and they open source a great deal of work: https://github.com/cfpb https://github.com/cfpb