[Note: This SALT talk is officially sold out, but walk-ups always manage to get in.]
Code for America was founded in 02009 by Jennifer Pahlka “to make government work better for the people and by the people in the 21st century.” The organization started a movement to modernize government for a digital age which has now spread from cities to counties to states, and now, most visibly, to the federal government, where Jennifer served at the White House as US Deputy Chief Technology Officer. There she helped start the United States Digital Service, known as "Obama's stealth startup." Now that thousands of people from "metaphysical Silicon Valley" are working for and with government, what have we learned? Can government actually be fixed to serve citizens better—especially the neediest? Why does change in government happen so slowly? Before founding Code for America, Pahlka co-created the Web 2.0 and Gov. 2.0 conferences, building on her prior experience organizing computer game developer conferences. She continues to serve as executive director of Code for America, which is based in San Francisco. "Fixing Government: Bottom Up and Outside In," Jennifer Pahlka, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, Wednesday, February 1. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. • Seminar at SFJAZZ Center <http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions> 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live audio stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for $8 a month. Share this talk: Jennifer Pahlka, "Fixing Government: Bottom Up and Outside In" Long Now talk on 2/1 https://goo.gl/txWEm2 <https://goo.gl/txWEm2> Talks coming up: March 13 (Mon.) - Bjorn Lomborg, From Feel-Good to High-Yield Good: How to Improve Philanthropy and Aid <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/mar/13/feel-good-high-yield-good-how-improve-philanthropy-and-aid/> April 10 (Mon.) - Frank Ostaseski, What the Dying Teach the Living <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/apr/10/what-dying-teach-living/> June 5 (Mon.) - James Gleick, Time Travel <http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/jun/05/time-travel/> July 24 (Mon.) - Carolyn Porco, Looking for Life in the Solar System High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>. This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audio and my summaries of all previous talks are available for download here <http://longnow.org/seminars/> (or stay up to date with the podcast here <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/>). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> (RSS <http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnow>). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1 <tel:415-561-6582%20x1> or danie...@longnow.org <mailto:danie...@longnow.org>. SALT talk videos are made possible by Whole Earth Films together with a grant from Margaret & Will Hearst, and are a production of FORA.tv Studios <http://fora.tv/services/foratv-studios/> in association with Sustainability Media <http://sustainabilitymedia.com/>. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org <mailto:s...@longnow.org> -- The Long Now Foundation -- http://longnow.org/ <http://longnow.org/> Seminars & downloads -- http://longnow.org/seminars/ <http://longnow.org/seminars/> Interval Events -- http://theinterval.org/events/ <http://theinterval.org/events/> •Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> - up to the minute info on tickets and events •Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> - daily updates on events and ideas •Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/longnow> - stay in touch through our fan page
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