If we open the agenda-setting power up to the crowd, we can reflect back to people what they agree or disagree on. Public servants no longer have exclusive ownership of the agenda. But these technologies are still relatively new, so there isn’t a clear strategy yet for using them in governance. --- Audrey Tang

  • from Democracy needs to evolve into a real-time system
  • Opening up agenda-setting authority to the people would return the people’s approval or disapproval of each agenda to the people. Public officials no longer have exclusive ownership of agendas. However, since these technologies are still relatively new, there is not yet a clear strategy for their use in governance.

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  • human.iconLike a poll?
  • nishio.iconThe difference between this and existing polls is the “Open up agenda-setting authority to people.
    • With polls, it’s the government or the media that decides what to ask about, not the people.

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