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Re:The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S. – San Francisco (2009) by potatolicious on Friday January 25, 2013 @10:28AM (#5115819)
I have questions on how this would even work. Engineers played a large role in spreading the word and getting people out to vote via technological innovations.

But how would we apply technology to government? What would we do, technologically, to curb the massive addiction and homelessness problem in the city, and how would you use technology to bust unions down to size?

There are a lot of places technology fits in the world, but this particular one is purely political.

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Re:The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S. – San Francisco (2009) by glenra on Saturday January 26, 2013 @11:57PM (#5123130)
Actually, technology is being used to bust unions down to size. One specific technology is streaming web video, to make underhanded and reprehensible union tactics more visible.

http://www.phillymag.com/articles/busting-philly-unions-pest...

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