Interesting that Colbert and John Stewart are on the draft candidate list on Americans Elect. I think it shows that people trust them. I think they do a great job.
There are some legislative fixes we can do regarding transparency on campaign finance, but ultimately we'll need a new opinion from the supreme court or a consitution amendment through Article V, because congress will never pass one on their own
Victor asked further down the board about thoughts on finance reform. That Supreme Court decision seems really regressive, and seems to have handed huge amounts of power back to corporations. Any chance of getting back on the right track?
Also, what was it like going on Stephen Colbert? Does he stay in character the whole time or does he talk to you as himself beforehand/afterward? (Very curious!)
Whether or not you agree with the outcome, did the way the Internet response killed SOPA/PIPA indicate that there are whole new ways of stirring up the public to effect political change?
I mean, the economy nearly went over a cliff, and we still couldn't get an adequate government response - or tough regulation - because of political impasses on Capitol Hill.
I'm a former songwriter. I wasn't very good. But, I have a deep appreciation for creative rights and I think somehow we've got figure out a better way to protect creators work that doesn't trample on internet rights as well. Not sure what the right vehicle is, but we need something to protect creators rights
Mark, today candidates/parties sometimes appeal to emotions (polarize) to get votes and donations. Do you think technology will be able to change this?
Mark: What are some lessons learned from this first start with Americans Elect? What needs to be fixed in order to get a nominee on the ballot and in the debates in 2016?
Mark, it seems to me that some of the deepest rooted problems require constitutional change to fix (one example - the electoral college means that elections are decided by small handfuls of people in a few states). Is that a reason to despair?
Too far gone to fix. Yes a lot of people think that may be the case. But just makes a lot of us even more determined to keeping kicking the shins of the system
and we picked 12 reforms because that was just the number that we ended up with that we felt we could uniquely work on that others weren't already organizing around
Here they are, I'll re-post them, from @lin crampton: Mark - two questions: 1) Your "Up or Down in 90 Days" idea sounds great. What would be the enforcement of this -- would the confirmation automatically be approved if no action were taken in 90 days? 2) How difficult is it to keep your 12 step program as only 12 steps? When you were on the Colbert Report, he floated the idea of expanding your program to require military service as a prerequisite to sending others to war. Is it rare for an interviewer to say these 12 ideas are great and perfect ... or do they normally say, your 12 are great, but how about adding one of mine?
1) Your "Up or Down in 90 Days" idea sounds great. What would be the enforcement of this -- would the confirmation automatically be approved if no action were taken in 90 days?
2) How difficult is it to keep your 12 step program as only 12 steps? When you were on the Colbert Report, he floated the idea of expanding your program to require military service as a prerequisite to sending others to war. Is it rare for an interviewer to say these 12 ideas are great and perfect ... or do they normally say, your 12 are great, but how about adding one of mine?
Given the problems well-heeled independent candidates like Perot have faced, are there any realistic prospects for non-party candidates who aren't also billionaires?
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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