Robert Bjarnason about the Citizens Foundation and how technology supports participatory democracy
Ep. 16

Robert Bjarnason about the Citizens Foundation and how technology supports participatory democracy

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Episode description

Robert Bjarnason is an early Internet entrepreneur and is co-founder of the Citizens Foundation in Iceland 2008. This was at a time when the financial crisis hit the world and trust in the parliament of Iceland was at a historical low. The idea was to start a civic tech non-profit to help create technology that enables better decision-making in society.

0:00Intro
0:25What is the Citizens Foundation?
3:07The role of the internet
6:55How can we rebuild trust?
11:02How technology helps with participatory democracy
23:07Professional background
28:54About Blockchain
31:02Use-cases
34:05About gamification
36:49How tools can be successful
40:15The Citizens Foundation team
43:07Other projects from Robert
47:18AI for good
50:00The role of AI for software design
54:45The value of the civic tech community
56:39Final message