Reading: Most Important Social Problems - What Should We Solve?
- Due Jan 19, 2018 by 11pm
- Points None
- Available Jan 11, 2018 at 9am - Mar 16, 2018 at 11pm
- 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them, JF Rischard Links to an external site., Ch 11-14 (p 65-150)
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One of our project partners is Democracy Earth. They will be giving a presentation to the class on Jan 23. They provided a readings list. Pick just one of their suggestions and read/watch it so that you know something about what they do before they come.
- Santi's most recent presentation at a Crypto Meetup "Blockchain for Good" held in NY December 14th is here
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- This is a mini-documentary Links to an external site. on Sant Siri when he presented at the World's Fair Nano in SF Links to an external site. earlier this year
- Articles, presentations in the mainstream media
- Democracy Earth Foundation founder Santiago Siri named Visionary of the Year, 35 Under 35, by MIT Technology Review Links to an external site.
- On the OECD website, How blockchain can change voting: the Colombia pace plebiscite Links to an external site. (a case study of the DEF software)
- This feature piece on the DEF application, Sovereign, on the World Economic Forum website, Blockchain might be about to change the way we vote Links to an external site.
- Our most recent TED Talk- this one by Sunny Sangha, our DEF Ambassador in the UK - is here
Links to an external site.. Pia's TED received 1+ million views 2015: How to Upgrade Democracy for the Internet Era
Links to an external site., Santi delivered a TED in Guernsey in 2016: The Future of Democracy
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- Links to an external site.Fast Company named Democracy Earth a finalist in its World Changing Ideas, the profile is here Can technology save democracy? Links to an external site.
- This article in the New Scientist Blockchain voting app puts democracy in the hands of the people Links to an external site.
- This article in Futurism A New Blockchain App Is Poised to Radically Change How People Vote Links to an external site.
- We released the V.1.0 ALPHA of our Sovereign voting platform here Links to an external site. (in the alpha release we are testing basic liquid democracy tools, scalability etc among our community)
- The technical part of Sovereign is best understood by reading our white paper, The Social Smart Contract Links to an external site.which is broken into three sections:
- Manifesto Links to an external site.: For idealists. Diagnoses global political context and argues for a paradigm change.
- Paper Links to an external site.: For builders. Describes the building blocks for a system that can be implemented by anyone, anywhere.
- Execution Links to an external site.: For pragmatists. Specifies how to execute these ideas for impact.
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