Ruth went to skateboarding camp today and all she wanted to do was show me everything she learned. It’s incredibly impressive to see a kid who recently didn’t know how to walk balancing aboard wheels. Back and forth. Back and forth on our little patio. Soon Ingrid was joining in, scooting down the hill at top speed. Fearless girls!
Vouchers don't reflect public opinion
Several members expressed frustration, too, that the board and other education officials have been left out of conversations about the bill, haven’t been consulted or asked to collaborate on the measure. And they feel it’s being rushed through the Legislature to avoid that.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/01/23/siphoning-42-million-off-public/
Outsize Emotional Reactions
“When people have outsize emotional reactions to benign inquiries about their self-evident beliefs, it is often an indicator that status is doing invisible work.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/opinion/the-enduring-invisible-power-of-blond.html?searchResultPosition=1
Extremely Online
“I knew a lot of the anger had to do with my critics being Extremely Online, a condition where social media compels us to read thinly, strip out all context and get to the part where we can be insulted as efficiently as possible.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/opinion/the-enduring-invisible-power-of-blond.html?searchResultPosition=1
Taiwanese People Regulating Uber
After the country’s parliament acceded to the demands, the “consensus opinion was that instead of people having to occupy the parliament every time there’s a controversial, emergent issue, it might actually work better if we have a consultation mechanism in the very beginning of the issue rather than at the end,” said Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s digital minister.
https://rollcall.com/2021/04/20/tech-tools-help-deepen-citizen-input-in-drafting-laws-abroad-and-in-u-s-states/
Citizen Engagement in Brazil
Brazilian citizens can download the Mudamos app on their smartphones and register with their electoral identification number, name and address, which are verified with the country’s electoral body. The app then issues a cryptographic key, half of which is stored on the phone; the other is kept with Mudamos and used to verify a signature as authentic.
https://rollcall.com/2021/04/20/tech-tools-help-deepen-citizen-input-in-drafting-laws-abroad-and-in-u-s-states/
AI to Analyze Crowd Opinion
“Artificial-intelligence-based platforms available today can aid in crowdsourcing by helping gather, categorize and summarize opinions from large audiences, as well as extract new information to assist policymakers, Noveck said.”
https://rollcall.com/2021/04/20/tech-tools-help-deepen-citizen-input-in-drafting-laws-abroad-and-in-u-s-states/
Multiplicity of Avenues
“That’s why it’s important to create multiplicity of avenues for participation,” so average citizens who are directly affected by rules and laws can have an equal footing with the powerful, she said.
Tech tools help deepen citizen input in drafting laws abroad and in U.S. states, Rollcall.com