I’d like to show you this video for two reasons.
Firstly, it’s an interesting talk that I found very instructive. It is worth watching it right to the end.
Secondly, it shows how a creative use of illustrative tools can help to improve policymaking. If all evidence given to elected representatives was of this quality, I suspect that the quality of governance would be a good deal higher. I’m sure that the tools that were used to illustrate these figures have become cheaper and easier to use – I pointed to another example of this – in this case, software that can be used collaboratively.
What stops population growth? from Gapminder Foundation on Vimeo.
Technical developments can make research evidence more accessible. I would argue that this is the most undervalued and under-noted form of e-democracy.
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