Name: How the Internet will (one day) transform government
Uploaded: 2012-09-25T14:51:45Z
Duration: 18 min 15 s
Description: The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub -- so why can’t governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.

The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub -- so why can’t governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.

Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government

How the Internet will (one day) transform government

Git's innovation enables large-scale, distributed collaboration without central control, revolutionizing software development.

Applying open-source principles like Git to democracy could enhance participation, offering a new model for collaborative governance.

Git, a tool for open-source programmers, fosters cooperation without coordination, reshaping how communities build software.