Category Archives: Web and Government 2.0

Polarisation and the Case for Citizens’ Juries

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Cross posted from Quillette from 16 Feb 2019, but now behind a paywall. When a conversation is not a conversation: party political discourse in the early 21st century I It looks like liberal democracy is falling apart. The chaos of … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Ethics, Political theory, Politics - international, Sortition and citizens’ juries, Web and Government 2.0 | 6 Comments

The David Solomon Lecture: Government 2.0 a couple of years on . . .

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Finding a formatting mess when I looked this up on Troppo, I’ve reposted it here for the record. I’m a bit embarrassed by my wooden speaking style. Here’s the David Solomon Lecture I’ll be giving at the Brisbane Museum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics and public policy, Innovation, Philosophy, Political theory, Politics - national, Sortition and citizens’ juries, Web and Government 2.0 | Leave a comment

Cracking the code: How to tell what News Corp really thinks about the price of links

Posted on February 21, 2021 by David Walker

News Corp is telling us what Google should really pay for linking to its sites. It’s telling us in code – HTML code. And the answer is … $0.00. What is an Internet link worth to the linker? For most … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullshit, Business, Economics and public policy, Information, Intellectual Property, IT and Internet, Media, Politics - national, regulation, Web and Government 2.0 | 19 Comments

Info-philanthropy: a small cost for a big benefit

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

As part of the Government 2.0 Taskforce in 2009 I coined the term ‘info-philanthropy’ though someone may have coined it before me and the Taskforce proposed that it qualify as a head of philanthropy. I don’t think any changes have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Economics and public policy, Information, Web and Government 2.0 | 5 Comments

Crowdsourcing the crisis: crossing the is/ought barrier

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

I recently reposted my old column on blogging the 2008 crisis and there’s been some great blogging of this crisis. What about crowdsourcing the crisis? To some extent, we’re doing that with people out here in television land suggesting stuff and … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics and public policy, History, Politics - national, Web and Government 2.0 | 1 Comment

Wanted: an executive email service with stamps.

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Paul Frijters

Are you dismayed at getting 100 emails a day you need to wade through, disturbing your concentration? Does your administration bother you constantly with things you just ‘have to be aware of’? Are you tired of the ‘executive reports’, ‘award … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Firms, Innovation, IT and Internet, Society, Uncategorized, Web and Government 2.0 | 6 Comments

Blogging another inquiry: Valuing the Australian Census

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Nicholas Gruen

Lateral Economics has been commissioned by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to estimate the value of the Australian Census to the Australian community. As part of that exercise we’ve got the go-ahead from ABS to do something that, it seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, IT and Internet, Metablogging, Public and Private Goods, Web and Government 2.0 | 25 Comments