Jennifer Pahlka Quotes
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Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.
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You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.
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Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives.
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When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the girls away.
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When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.
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We have to make bureaucracy sexy.
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We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.
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We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.
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Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.
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Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.
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If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.
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A neighbor is a far better and cheaper alternative to government services.
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Are we just going to be a crowd of voices, or are we going to be a crowd of hands?
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A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.
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We say that word [bureaucracy] with such contempt. But it's that contempt that keeps this thing that we own and we pay for as something that's working against us.
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[The Internet generation is] not fighting that battle about who gets to speak; they all get to speak.
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