participatory - Jesse Hirsh

Future Fibre: Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias

2 years ago 9 min read Future Fibre Wireless democracy Open Source participatory

The combination of open source technology and legacy technology makes it possible to setup networks that are affordable and offer quality that is good enough for the needs of users who otherwise might have nothing.

The radical benefits of virtual participation

2 years ago 7 min read Video conferencing Rural participatory Learning Internet Education

We tend to have a false collective assumption that health is binary. Either we’re healthy, or we’re sick. If we’re sick, we should be fixed, so we can be healthy again. Otherwise if we remain sick, we’re broken, and then tend to be marginalized by society and sometimes forgotten.

Future Tools: DECODE

2 years ago 10 min read Future Tools Open Source participatory Public Policy democracy

People should have greater agency and control over their data. Can the collection and use of data be democratized? Can a democratic society collect and use data responsibly, and with the consent of citizens? Can people have greater access and input on how their data is used and why?

Future Tools: Decidim

2 years ago 7 min read Future Tools Open Source democracy Public Policy Municipal participatory

Digital decision making tools are becoming increasingly accessible and applicable to our societies. Decidim (meaning “to decide” in Catalan) is a free and open source platform developed by and for the city of Barcelona, that is now being adapted and used by communities around the world.

Distributed Federated Artificial Intelligence

2 years ago 4 min read AI distributed democracy participatory Privacy Public Policy

AI is tyrannical by default, due to the false assumption that it has to be centralized, unresponsive, unaccountable, and inevitable. Yet there’s no reason why AI can’t be democratized. Imagine for a moment that we live in such a world. What would that look like?