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We, the Users: the New Politics of the Internet
The document discusses the potential for a new politics driven by the internet as current political institutions are failing and confidence in government is low. It notes that while Washington is stalled, the internet and innovation are advancing rapidly, disrupting multiple industries and creating jobs. It poses the question of whether this could lead to a new political movement and way of governing problems that leverage the internet, similar to how the Industrial Revolution transformed politics.
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- 1. WE, THE USERS The New Politics of the Internet
- 2. There is areal sense that this isn’t working anymore.
- 3. Politics has stopped solvingproblems.
- 4. Partisan polarization is at alltime highs.
- 5. Confidence in political institutions isat all time lows.
- 6. The jobs maynot be coming back anytime soon.
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- 8. In every crisis, therelies opportunity.
- 9. While Washington stalls, theInternet races ahead.
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- 11. Investment in early stage companiesjust hit an 11-year high.
- 12. The app economy hascreated 466,000 jobs since 2007
- 13. And it’s notjust
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- 15. So, what doesthis mean politically?
- 16. We know thatthe incumbents won’t go quietly.
- 17. (Not when the industriesbeing disrupted next are worth trillions of dollars.)
- 18. The question is whetherthis is a new political movement...
- 19. And a newway of governing?
- 20. After all, the Internetis taking on bigger and bigger problems...
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- 22. (Including many of theproblems Washington seems incapable of solving.)
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- 24. It’s fair toask whether the Internet could do the same.