Margo Loor about CitizenOS, an open-source, community-based, grassroots decision-making platform
Ep. 21

Margo Loor about CitizenOS, an open-source, community-based, grassroots decision-making platform

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Episode description

Margo Loor is CEO and co-founder of CitizenOS, an open-source platform for grassroots decision-making. The platform allows communities to gather ideas and take decisions. As an early adopter and optimist, Margo draws a picture of a technological and participatory future of democracy, though he favors a careful integration of AI into deliberative processes.

0:00Intro
0:23CitizenOS for grassroot decision-making
3:25Example cases
7:27Relationship between CitizenOS and institutions
10:10Platform origin and design choices
13:21Features and the use of AI
15:26The role of AI in deliberative processes
17:27Idea gathering
19:40Interoperability: Integrability with other civic tech tools
24:40Our future with AI
27:28The value of civic tech data for governance research
29:10A vision for the future of democracy
38:42E-Governance
43:41The team behind CitizenOS
44:50Problems and challenges
51:14Personal background
55:58Final message