Law in Contemporary Society

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BottomUpIdea 11 - 12 Mar 2009 - Main.PetefromOz
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 What if the federal government were to award some amount of money (say $10 or $25 million) annually to the best social programs proposed through a public wiki website? With money clearly dedicated, a well-designed website, and thought-out rules and criteria for evaluation, I think the wiki would attract lots of attention and effort.

One of Obama’s change messages is that solutions have to come from the bottom up. He wants the general public to be more involved in government and points to the internet as a means. The wiki format would be a good way to deliver. With billions doled out to corporations and public works stimulus, this could provide politically powerful balance and unique impact.

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Great idea Joseph. A fascinating discussion.

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>		My brief observation is that Open source software development has harnessed bottom-up collaboration in tremendously successful ways. In fact, the Mozilla Firefox browser that I proudly use every day was an Open source creation. This gives me confidence that collaborative projects can work very well.
 -- PetefromOz - 10 Mar 2009
 
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