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Nate Garvis: Change our culture, change our world

Filmed Oct 2010 • Posted Jan 2012TEDxTC
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We don’t just need better laws -- we need better culture. In this talk, Nate Garvis asks what we can do to create an environment in which powerful institutions are used for the common good. (Filmed at TEDxTC.)

Nate Garvis focuses on how we can use our civic institutions for the common good. Founder of Naked Civics, he believes we must create the culture for the world we want to live in. Full bio »

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