Jess Scully

Executive Director, RadicalxChange | Author, Glimpses of Utopia: Real Ideas for a Fairer World | Former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney | Let’s build the future

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

How do we update democracy’s operating system?

There are models in use around the world showing us how we can rebuild trust and get more courageous policy decisions by expanding who has a say and how.

I’m in @GuardianAus today sharing some of the ideas in #GlimpsesOfUtopia

[Ethelo @ethelo]

From Sydney, AU's deputy mayor @jessaroo: "The way we do politics today underestimates the capacity of the average citizen for big-picture thinking. They need to be empowered and informed, and we need to cast the net wider than the usual suspects." 🙌

https://t.co/67n7WQvS5N

[RadicalxChange @RadxChange]

🎙️ NEW POD: WHAT PROTESTS WANT

@jessaroo talks with @yutingj_, cofounder of @join_agora, about prosocial media that can channel protests into positive, shared agenda-setting

https://t.co/bg68Ynasfv

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

Good to speak with new Japanese MP @takahiroanno, inventor of Broad Listening, a new AI-augmented approach to political campaigning + policy design: he’s joining our Future of Digital Democracy event this Friday, register here: https://t.co/lDqgtnJOxc

[RadicalxChange @RadxChange]

🎙️NEW POD: FIXING BUGS IN DEMOCRACY

What if democracy worked more like open-source software?

@jessaroo speaks with @takahiroanno, an AI engineer and sci-fi writer who just won a seat in Japan's parliament. https://t.co/bTvN4Uoql4

[RadicalxChange @RadxChange]

Next Friday, on Nov 14 we'll be gathering for Learning with Ukraine 🇺🇦, a global conversation on democratic resilience & frontline innovation:
👉 https://t.co/y4Mmz0YW0k

Why? Because even in the darkest of times, Ukraine is showing the world what 21st-century democracy can look like. Watch @jessaroo dive into this remarkable story with @maxsemenchuk of @Web3InstituteUA.

Full RadicalxChange(s) episode:
📺YouTube | https://t.co/2wCYqlyZXR
🎧 Spotify | https://t.co/bryQokHvO4
 Apple | https://t.co/QaMPtSmlx8

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

I’ve spent my career championing innovation for a fairer world and I’ve never encountered an organisation like @RadxChange: at the intersection of creative & digital culture, democratic participation & market reform, all of which are critical for tackling systemic transformation.

[(((E. Glen Weyl/衛谷倫))) ⿻ 🇺🇸/🇩🇪/🇹🇼 @glenweyl]

She has precisely the mix of leadership experience, imaginative capacity, political savvy and academic curiosity and rigor that @RadxChange needs to scale into everything that our previous ED, @m_t_prewitt, laid the ground work for and I have hoped for for so long.

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

Thanks @glenweyl, I can’t believe my luck to be guiding @RadxChange in this next phase. I’m excited to expand its influence, scale the pluralistic solutions we need, and co-design projects with partners from social movements to web3 communities. If you’re curious, get in touch!

[(((E. Glen Weyl/衛谷倫))) ⿻ 🇺🇸/🇩🇪/🇹🇼 @glenweyl]

I couldn't be more thrilled to announced that @jessaroo will be joining @RadxChange as its new Executive Director. I met thousands of people around the world as we traveled for the @pluralitybook, yet no one impressed me as much as @jessaroo.

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

Tomorrow: register below!

Tech evolves at speed: why should democracy, a technology for social decision making, remain static & stuck in the 19th century?

#Plurality by @glenweyl @audreyt is a guide to updating democracy for our times using tech, diversity and human connection

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

Can we play a role in reshaping our digital public sphere for the common good?

I’m interviewing @audreyt & @glenweyl on Tuesday at a *free* Sydney event, thx to #CentreofthePublicSquare, #CommitteeforSydney
and #CivicImaginationNetwork. Join us!

https://t.co/3YGDzuKG3P

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

Can we play a role in reshaping our digital public sphere for the common good?

I’m interviewing @audreyt & @glenweyl on Tuesday at a *free* Sydney event, thx to #CentreofthePublicSquare, #CommitteeforSydney
and #CivicImaginationNetwork. Join us!

https://t.co/3YGDzuKG3P

[Human Rights Law Centre @humanrightsHRLC]

"After 10 years of pain and uncertainty, my family risks being torn apart by Labor’s deportation bill." Op-ed by Vashini Jayakumar - mother of 3, childcare worker and @HometoBilo campaigner. Labor's deportation bill has been delayed by six weeks.
https://t.co/8vqsi4grie

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

@HillThalisAUP @AusINSArchitect Bravo Philip Thalis, and thank you for your leadership for more equitable, lasting and beautiful cities. Fantastic choice, @AusINSArchitect!

[Antony J Funnell @antonyjfunnell]

Here's what I got up to at the Byron Writers Festival.... https://t.co/6wgRd9rt6P Join @jessaroo @jeffgoodell and @benroche for a chat about thinking systemically about the environment and moving away from consumer capitalism.

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

An easy way to show solidarity with @WGAWest @WGAEast @sagaftra and all the writers, actors and creative workers on strike for fair pay and better conditions. There’s no content without creative workers. Bye @NetflixANZ 👋🏽 @binge and the rest 👋🏽 #WGAstrike

Can you do it too?

[Lee Constable 🔥 @Constababble]

Sydney: What are you up to for World Environment Day (Mon, June 5)?

📽️Join me to kick off the cinematic release of The Endangered Generation?

After the film I will be hosting a Q&A with director Celeste Greer, @camillegh and @jessaroo.

Info: https://t.co/aAMYx0jZli

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

I’m so honoured to have my book, #GlimpsesOfUtopia, included in this incredible list of #bookstochangetheworld in the Guardian UK, thanks to author of #JoinedUpThinking, @HanCritchlow

[Hannah Critchlow @HanCritchlow]

Super delighted to feature in @guardian with #bookstochangetheworld as part of the @hayfestival celebrations. I chose @jessaroo's book #GlimpsesofUtopia https://t.co/daSPBr7Oyy

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

@HanCritchlow @guardian @hayfestival Oh my goodness Hannah! Thank you so much, it’s so generous of you to include #GlimpsesOfUtopia in such fine company! Mutual admiration confirmed ✅ #JoinedUpThinking

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

@em_lafoto Naww how nice of you, thanks They’re a brand called Theo Eyewear Belgium, via George Skoufis in Paddington.

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

Tune in to @abcsydney, I’m about to have a chat with Richard Glover @rgloveroz
about the ideas in the shiny ✨ new edition of my book, Glimpses of Utopia 🌞, have a listen!

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

Fantastic infographic. The #Stage3taxcuts are bad LNP policy from 2018: before the pandemic and the colossal spending that accompanied it, before the inflation, rental and cost of living crisis. It is so out of step it borders on immoral. How can the ALP continue to support this?

[Wendy Bacon @Wendy_Bacon]

This graphic from @abcnews is brilliant. Top journalism! #Stage3taxcuts are insane & must be scrapped. It’s not about ‘tough choices’- it’s not another ‘good idea’.It’s immoral to give well off that much money - #RaisetheRate +single parent measure to 16yr https://t.co/PPiUvM0T4A

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

“The world’s most productive areas, the places where the biggest breakthroughs are made, are in cities. But if we make them prohibitively expensive, the chance of a scientific or technological innovation is reduced.”

There are solutions beyond USA/UK: but we need political will.

[Natasha Mitchell (she/her) @natashamitchell]

Yes.
https://t.co/W4OY6NIZiy

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

“NIMBYs come in a variety of forms, but the most confounding are those who call themselves progressive yet abuse laws conceived to protect the environment, or foster good government, to block desperately needed housing, driving up costs and fueling homelessness.”

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Mother Jones is SPITTIN 🔥

https://t.co/Y07DoI5OBz

[Jess Scully @jessaroo]

@GaryNunn1 That’s really kind, thanks Gary. It’s a shockingly outdated system in NSW that shows a real disregard for the important role local government plays.

Maybe new local govt minister @Ron_Hoenig will look into this?