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''Originally posted to the [http://groups.google.com/group/visiblegovernment-discuss/browse_thread/thread/209efd01b6b528f2# Visible Government mailing list]'' on the topic of "economic benefits of open data."
''Originally posted to the [http://groups.google.com/group/visiblegovernment-discuss/browse_thread/thread/209efd01b6b528f2# Visible Government mailing list] on the topic of "economic benefits of open data."''


My belief is that many of the most important benefits won't exactly be "economic" but will be more significantly transformative (though we won't always notice it — "the whole world turns upside down in ten years, but you turn upside down with it," Spider Robinson).
My belief is that many of the most important benefits won't exactly be "economic" but will be more significantly transformative (though we won't always notice it — "the whole world turns upside down in ten years, but you turn upside down with it," Spider Robinson).
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Which brings me to my third topic, and I'm sorry to run on. OpenCongress.org has a base of political players based on Semantic Mediawiki, for example http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party
Which brings me to my third topic, and I'm sorry to run on. OpenCongress.org has a base of political players based on Semantic Mediawiki, for example http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party


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[[File:Lombardi1.jpg|350px|Marc Lombardi diagram of people and organizations connects responsibility]]
[[File:Lombardi1.jpg|390px|Marc Lombardi diagram of people and organizations connects responsibility]]  
[[File:TheyRule-450.gif|350px|Theyrule.net graph of people and organizations  connects responsibility]]
[[File:TheyRule-450.gif|390px|Theyrule.net graph of people and organizations  connects responsibility]]
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