Executive Director, RadicalxChange | Author, Glimpses of Utopia: Real Ideas for a Fairer World | Former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney | Let’s build the future
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
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
🎙️ 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
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
🎙️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
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
"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
@HillThalisAUP @AusINSArchitect Bravo Philip Thalis, and thank you for your leadership for more equitable, lasting and beautiful cities. Fantastic choice, @AusINSArchitect!
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.
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?
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
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!
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?
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
“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.
“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.”
@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?