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Future Tools: Decidim

5 years ago 7 min read Future Tools Open Source democracy Public Policy Municipal participatory

Digital decision making tools are becoming increasingly accessible and applicable to our societies. Decidim (meaning “to decide” in Catalan) is a free and open source platform developed by and for the city of Barcelona, that is now being adapted and used by communities around the world.

Future Fibre: Municipal Internet

5 years ago 7 min read Future Fibre Internet Public Policy Municipal

There’s a growing number of municipalities who are recognizing the value of community owned infrastructure.

Distributed Federated Artificial Intelligence

6 years ago 4 min read AI distributed democracy participatory Privacy Public Policy

AI is tyrannical by default, due to the false assumption that it has to be centralized, unresponsive, unaccountable, and inevitable. Yet there’s no reason why AI can’t be democratized. Imagine for a moment that we live in such a world. What would that look like?

Future Tools: pol.is

6 years ago 7 min read Future Tools democracy Open Source Public Policy AI surveys

In this issue let’s take a look at the platform pol.is and the growing role it is playing in changing politics and legitimizing the use of digital tools for democracy.

Future Fibre: Guifi.Net

6 years ago 6 min read Future Fibre Internet Wireless Rural Farm

Combining fibre and wireless connectivity, Guifi.net focuses on empowering local communities and individual users as a grassroots organization that seeks social empowerment as well as the recognition that access to the Internet is a human right.