Thursday, Apr. 3, 2014, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
While the Federal government seems to be in perpetual deadlock, real progress is being made at the local level, especially in large cities. Here is a TED Talk by Ben Barber, which suggests that some global problems are better solved by cooperating cities.
At an even more local level, there is a movement to enable cooperating citizens to fix the problems of their neighborhoods. Here is a TED Talk by Jennifer Pahlka which shows how free Open Source technology is being used to help local government.
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Links to the other videos shown at the meeting:
Lecture by Benjamin R. Barber "If mayors ruled the world?"
Catherine Bracy: Why good hackers make good citizens
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