The Untapped Potential of Civic Technology
Albert Einstein once said “The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.” Today’s most significant problems are being addressed primarily by governments, using systems and tools designed hundreds of years ago. From climate change to inequality, the status quo is proving inadequate, and time is running out.
The role of our democratic institutions is analogous to breathing – inhaling citizen input and exhaling government action. The civic technology movement is inventing new ways to gather input, make decisions and execute collective action.