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Tech Is Not the (Only) Answer
Digital tools are a necessary but not sufficient component of any long-term social change effort.
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Innovations in technology and design that serve the world
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Danger Ahead
The spread of technology-based platforms brings greater connectivity—but also greater vulnerability.
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Technology & Design
Always on Call
A new, data-driven mode of confronting humanitarian disaster requires an appropriate policy framework.
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Misdiagnosing Science
A survey of obstacles to innovation focuses erroneously on the supposed caution of university-based scientists.
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Government
Government by Toolkit
The first chief technology officer of the United States offers a vision for remaking public services.
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Technology & Design
A Messy Solution to Messy Problems
An emerging method for enabling innovation focuses not on plans or projects, but on broad social challenges.
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Economic Development
Prepare to Update Your Theory of Change
The new book Scarcity provides critical insights for designing better anti-poverty programs, but not for allocating scarce philanthropic resources.
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Designing the Digital City
Internet technology can help us to connect, globally and otherwise, but only if we structure it well.
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The “Just Right” Future
In the world that's now emerging, pre-modern practices that emphasize personal relationships are returning to prominence.
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Technology & Design
When Life Imitates the Internet
Networks, equal access, and read-write products are no longer just core design elements of the Internet; we are making them real.