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Politics 2016

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CoLab members create proposals

Aug 31, 2016 12:00 EDT - Oct 10, 2016 12:00 EDT
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Expert judges select finalists

Oct 10, 2016 12:00 EDT - Oct 27, 2016 12:00 EDT
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Winners present to potential implementers

Oct 27, 2016 12:00 EDT
How is the global political climate transforming? What forms will governance take by the year 2030?

Politics involves the way that countries are run, and how they interact with one another. As the world becomes increasingly globalized, countries are beginning to influence one another in more complex ways. Governments have to straddle these external pressures along with the internal desires of their citizens. 

6 Trends
Data Analytics would enable government to anticipate citizens' demand and tailor its response based on individual's characteristics.
A new form of government ruled by the effective use of information, with strong involvement of multi-national corporations.
Advances in virtual intelligence and simulation technology will enable policy makers and the public to experiment before implementation.
State backed fragmentation of standards, operating systems, platforms for selected emerging technologies.
A nearly-instant system for fact checking the content of text across a variety of media platforms which will embrace truth in politics.
Citizens would want to understand how a policy came into effect and have an avenue to tweak it or know in detail why it was rolled out