Following are people sharing some of the same vision as the Social Governance System.
Fadi Chehadé is right that people can become the center of power but that will not happen without the right platforms or the participation of the people. The people do not have a say in the current political system today.
Fadi Chehadé was echoing Tim Berners-Lee in demanding that there be a Magna Carta for the people for the web. But as Tim stated we need to fight for it.
The examples of tactical issue resolution are inspiring. If we mobilize under the umbrella of a Social Governance System to align to the strategic and expand then we would see nothing but revolutionary change for the better in all facets of human existence.
A wonderful look at the work being done to bring transparency and the application of technology to governance. She hits the nail on the head near the end where she speaks about the need beyond transparency in data and the need to bring in collaborative tools to make use of the data to bring better decision making. That is what the SGS is about.
She is on the right path. She get’s the point on technology and the need to be beyond democracy and insure debate to arrive at the proper conclusions. Their experience in trying to implement change are extremely relevant.
The following video discusses the Estonian work at reducing bureaucracy with tech. The work they have done on public data is fantastic.
Charity Wayua point on the importance of good government is clear and personal. You’ll notice she has her metrics for comparison to establish the gap on where they were and what they should be able to achieve. You’ll notice the root of the inefficiencies was the command and control system. Her final words invoking bio mimicry are inspirational.
Julia Kloiber talking about the need for transparency in government and the role of opensource community in making a better world.
Lawrence Lessig on change and the need to not give up hope and move forward.
This talk by Tim Berners-Lee is 11 years old. Although we have had progress in many areas on data the important data the government holds still is not available in most places. The current Covid event is proof of that. When trying to see death rates by geography year over year to see if there is a statistical increase has been practically impossible to get, making us wonder, how are these politicians making decisions and how have they defined a pandemic.
Nick Hanauer is doing a great job of challenging current economic thinking. In order to make the changes people will need the Social Governance System in order to structure data and debate and come the the right conclusions and actions on these most important topics.
I disagree with Brett Hennig as I also agree. We do not randomly assign people to run corporations that are complex. Why, because we know it wouldn’t work. But the idea of the wisdom of crowds is correct. By having the Social Governance System help people evaluate their leaders and then by reducing their power and allow for real direct democracy then we apply the best of both worlds. The one in which we apply the wisdom of crowds and the one where we have gained experience in selecting leaders for key positions.
Use of software agents to help in decision making. This in order to help enable direct democracy. Cesar Hidalgo introduces the problem of direct democracy being the number of decisions being made exceed peoples capacity. I disagree with this conclusion given the ratio of laws passed to politicians is incredibly high and by engaging directly the people concerned, responsible, interested or who have authority we will do better. The proposed system also neglects to incorporate the need to understand and debate and not simply vote. Without an understanding of the difference between a republic and a democracy you end up with the masses winning vs the most intelligent idea which can only rise with debate and respect for the fundamental principles which must be kept in perspective by any system.