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Making Technology Serve Democracy

October 2, 2024 By David Griesing 1 Comment

I got my mail-in ballot for November’s U.S. election yesterday, and plan to vote tomorrow.  For the first time in my voting life, I’ve been following little of the on-going campaign--beyond reviewing the Harris economic plan (detail that has … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work Tagged With: Audrey Tang, collaborative technology, democracy, E Glen Weyl, gov zero, plurality, plurality book, technology, technology aligned with democracy, technology supporting democracy

Our Work Includes Repairing the Commons of Public Life

June 21, 2024 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

I’m somewhere between anger and resignation, sadness and fear these days because the quality of almost every “public good” that we share as Americans seems to be declining in quality faster than the public’s servants can process erosions like these, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts Tagged With: commons of public life, Garrett Hardin, Jedediah Purdy, median strips, Rt One corridor, shared use and responsibility, sidewalks, street trees, theft of the commons, tragedy of the commons

The 2024 Super Bowl Ads Totally Missed America

February 27, 2024 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

One of the conclusions that might be drawn from last week’s post is that Americans aren’t nearly as generous as they used to be. Why? Because we're no longer able to muster "a celebrity soup" of sponsors behind well-meaning causes like … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts Tagged With: 2024 Super Bowl ads, advertising, antifragile, art of advertising, Barry Lopez, celebrities in advertising, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, not knowing your audience, Peggy Noonan, Pema Chodron, Super Bowl as national ritual

Will We Domesticate AI in Time?

February 9, 2024 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

As you know from holiday post-cards, I spent time recently with Emily and Joe in Salt Lake City. They were full, rich, activating days and I’m still sorting through the many gifts I received. The immensity of the mountains in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts Tagged With: Ai, artificial intelligenc, Fei-Fei Li, Geoffrey Hinton, John Etchemendy, making the most out of an opportunity, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificlal Intelligence

Restoration After Another Hard Year

December 13, 2023 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

The past month has been challenging here, so a more meditative post today:  a retreat into relative quiet after what has felt like too much noise. Wally has been sick since I travelled to New England for a grade school class reunion more … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself Tagged With: Japanese ko, Katherine May, microseasons, personal replenishment, repair, restoration, Wintering

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