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by santisiri 12y ago
It's not "direct democracy". It's just democracy. If you trace back the term used by the Greeks, they called both the technology and the concept agora. Etymologically, agora means "speaking in public", "th
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by santisiri 12y ago
Im still waiting for proof on this claims. Regardless, the blockchain is still a protocol lacking good applications and products. But its fundamentals described in Satoshis papers + the traction it got, speak for themselves. It's a tec
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by santisiri 12y ago
we had votes in every single neighborhood of the city. Our correlation was better with progressive parties (ARI) than conservative (PRO) ones even. Actually in Congress, The Workers Party (PO) brought more users to DemocracyOS than ANY othe
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by santisiri 12y ago
Yep, you got it. We actually started contacting them, but they were already doing private consulting + all the source code of LF is in german, impossible to understand. And the UX, well, it wasn't very usable. But it was a great initia
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by santisiri 12y ago
look at the movie of what's happening in the world, not the picture.
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by santisiri 12y ago
try starting a democracy here: http://hub.democracyos.com
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by santisiri 12y ago
The only source that can provide equal access without using market forces, is the State. For the State to have such political will, it must have a political party that embraces the view on why internet access means access to education and k
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by santisiri 12y ago
The only people that believe that internet access is only for the rich, is rich people. We come from Argentina, a latinamerican country and we are very aware of the social challenges we face. But it's not just a technological solution,
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by santisiri 12y ago
I agree, we did a lot of research on a decent markup formar for law making (LML!). There are some efforts out there like (search for Akomantoso) But the real challenge is getting TRACTION on a technology like this. It's not just the pr
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by santisiri 12y ago
please do, more than willing! i still hang out with a lot of the people that worked with me during 12 years, and all my investors are very happy (they actually keep supporting us as a nonprofit, can you believe it?). I'm really proud a
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by santisiri 12y ago
Check the implementation of DemocracyOS done here: http://euvoto.org
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by santisiri 12y ago
it's not easy being an entrepreneur and building a network of likeminded people from around the world :)
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by santisiri 12y ago
We believe that you cannot put a price tag on the right to participate. So the nonprofit is a fundamental first step in our mission. We want to figure a self-sustainable model, donations can only get you that far. The task ahead of us is a
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by santisiri 12y ago
I actually know who owns democracy.com but still, democracy reminisces a 2000 year old system.. we need to update that.
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by santisiri 12y ago
Guys, if you want to play with a secret version of DemocracyOS (the SaaS implementation), help us here: http://hub.democracyos.com
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by santisiri 12y ago
You can always follow me on Twitter: @santisiri And of course, @DemocracyOS
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by santisiri 12y ago
We are asking for funding so we can develop a blockchain-compatibility module for our app here: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/elections/entries/bl... The work on security is very challenging but thi
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by santisiri 12y ago
means both things :)
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by santisiri 12y ago
Open Source / Open Society / work too.
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by santisiri 12y ago
We want to figure out the right combination of rules so we can get the best out of the collective intelligence of society. Like Wikipedia: we believe this is an idea that works better in practice than in theory. Democracy is always a "
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by santisiri 12y ago
It's meant to be open for many intepretations: - Open Source because, well, we are open source (github.com/democracyos/app) - Operating System because, well, we aim to build a layer on top of the current political system. - O
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by santisiri 12y ago
Hi guys, I'm one of the founders. Glad to answer all your questions.
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by santisiri 12y ago
Willing to hear your ideas about this. We are aware there are many aiming to do the same.
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Vote for funding on Blockchain support for open source platform DemocracyOS(newschallenge.org)
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by santisiri 12y ago
The Net Party got 1.2% of the votes in 2013. The Pirate Party never got more than 20 affiliates so they where never able to run.
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by santisiri 12y ago
We are definitely exploring different voting systems. Thanks!
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by santisiri 12y ago
It is both. But still the OS in the title plays with the idea of Operating System or Open Society among other interpretations. Read it how you want it.
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by santisiri 12y ago
Good news: check http://euvoto.org it's a start in Sao Paulo!
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by santisiri 12y ago
The idea is to make that middleman (the representative) committed to the people. We cannot go against the Constitution, if you like that approach there are other political alternatives you might want to consider.
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by santisiri 12y ago
The Buenos Aires Legislature never agreed to install an SSL. We are doing it. Feel free to contribute to the code.

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