Jun 18th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
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New social networking tech can be used to solve down-to-earth human needs, by enlisting millions of Americans in service to the country. This involves a new kind of person-to-person public/private partnership which need not be very formal, but might involve challenges to the existing legal and regulatory environment.
The largest challenge would be that people in power would need to visibly listen to network-amplified voice of the American people, and then to visibly act on that. That's required for large-scale buy-in and emotional investment.
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