Personal Democracy Forum 2008
Note by Ken Laureys:
Deploying the Cognitive Surplus: How Social Technology Can Help Solve Global Problems
Bio: For the last 8 years, Robin Chase has been working on ways to efficiently use scarce and expensive resources. She is founder and former CEO of ZipCar (car-sharing), founder and CEO of GoLoco (ride-sharing), and consults on wireless communication technologies to state and national governments at Meadow Networks. Websites: ZipCar.com, Goloco.org and MeadowNetworks.com.
200,000 people sharing 5,000 cars
excessive capacity — of router Obama08 (husband project)
user fees by mile based on engine size / MPG
multipurpose existing underutilized resources — wireless network on the back of cars on all roads nationwide
Ken examples = neighborhood tool share & lawnmower share etc.
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Gilberto Gil (Brazil) Bio: Gilberto Gil is the Minister of Culture of Brazil, a Grammy award winner.
During his term, the Ministry of Culture has developed a Digital Culture Program considered to be a landmark in Global and Social Technology.
PEERocy — peer to peer politics
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Gil Van Johnson — Green Jobs Act
Bio: For the last 8 years, Robin Chase has been working on ways to efficiently use scarce and expensive resources. She is founder and former CEO of ZipCar (car-sharing), founder and CEO of GoLoco (ride-sharing), and consults on wireless communication technologies to state and national governments at Meadow Networks. Websites: ZipCar.com, Goloco.org and MeadowNetworks.com.
200,000 people sharing 5,000 cars
excessive capacity — of router Obama08 (husband project)
user fees by mile based on engine size / MPG
multipurpose existing underutilized resources — wireless network on the back of cars on all roads nationwide
Ken examples = neighborhood tool share & lawnmower share etc.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Gilberto Gil (Brazil) Bio: Gilberto Gil is the Minister of Culture of Brazil, a Grammy award winner.
During his term, the Ministry of Culture has developed a Digital Culture Program considered to be a landmark in Global and Social Technology.
PEERocy — peer to peer politics
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Gil Van Johnson — Green Jobs Act
