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July 31, 2019 21 mins
Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani Guests Alex Pedersen: Co-founder of Polco (https://info.polco.us/). Abhi Nemani (https://twitter.com/abhinemani) Founder of EthosLabs (https://ethoslabs.us/). Summary This week, we have Alex Pedersen of Polco and Abhi Nemani of EthosLabs. They're both involved in various uses of technology to increase civic engagement. We'll talk about how technology can improve the public sector and why technologists should be interested in public sector work. Notes 02:09 - Technology and Civic + Political Engagement 06:14 - Risks of Making the Government More Technological 10:01 - Balancing Conversations Amongst Citizens 12:18 - Building and Designing Software for Government vs Commercial Use 14:39 - Getting Involved in Government, Civic Engagement, and the Public Sector - Code For America (https://www.codeforamerica.org/) - Chi Hack Night (https://chihacknight.org/) - Abhi's Course Notes in Civic Tech (https://abhinemani.com/civictechcourse/lectures/) Special Guests: Abhi Nemani and Alex Pederson.
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