CIVIC TECH: EMPOWERING THE 21ST CENTURY PUBLIC (MAYBE)
In The News Piece in Civic Hall
May 1, 2015
Civic tech is not about the tool or technology. It’s about working towards the type of society we want to live it. It has to be aspirational because so too is the democratic ideal. The very idea that a single federal government can govern 300 million people takes faith. So too does civic tech. Civic tech requires believing that the technology of today can usher in a better tomorrow. Though time will tell, the very interest and investment in civic tech presupposes that people have faith.