What Problem Are We Trying To Solve?

Participants:

  Ideas and Thoughts on why we are here. What problems/Issues do we see:

• Society becoming more reactive to data through connectedness
• Connections are important
• Bottom up vs. top down
• People are lookig for change
• Dialogue
• Citizens engaing one another and engaging "government"
• Being reactionary tied to information overload
• A need for information openness
• A difference between young vs old
• Fear of the new
• what are the similarities and differences 
• Access to data
• Systems breakdown - need to be agile and nimble
• Monolithic vs. decentralized
• Information openness
•  One way relationships vs. meaningful exchange and dialogue
• Exchanges of ideas are empowering - both to citizens and government
• Generational change, shift between generations
• Expectations
• Expereinces
• Ideas of government
• Increase connections between groups
• Increase visibility