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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government
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Now for those of us who've given up on government, it's time that we asked ourselves about the world that we want to leave for our children. You have to see the enormous cgelaehnls that they're going to face. Do we really think we're going to get where we need to go without fixing the one institution that can act on behalf of all of us? We can't do without gnrvneomet, but we do need it to be more eecvtiffe. The good news is that technology is making it possible to fundamentally reframe the function of government in a way that can actually scale by stienentnrghg civil society. And there's a generation out there that's gorwn up on the Internet, and they know that it's not that hard to do things together, you just have to architect the systems the right way.
Open Cloze
Now for those of us who've given up on government, it's time that we asked ourselves about the world that we want to leave for our children. You have to see the enormous __________ that they're going to face. Do we really think we're going to get where we need to go without fixing the one institution that can act on behalf of all of us? We can't do without __________, but we do need it to be more _________. The good news is that technology is making it possible to fundamentally reframe the function of government in a way that can actually scale by _____________ civil society. And there's a generation out there that's _____ up on the Internet, and they know that it's not that hard to do things together, you just have to architect the systems the right way.
Solution
- government
- effective
- strengthening
- grown
- challenges
Original Text
Now for those of us who've given up on government, it's time that we asked ourselves about the world that we want to leave for our children. You have to see the enormous challenges that they're going to face. Do we really think we're going to get where we need to go without fixing the one institution that can act on behalf of all of us? We can't do without government, but we do need it to be more effective. The good news is that technology is making it possible to fundamentally reframe the function of government in a way that can actually scale by strengthening civil society. And there's a generation out there that's grown up on the Internet, and they know that it's not that hard to do things together, you just have to architect the systems the right way.
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