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''Originally posted to the [http://groups.google.com/group/visiblegovernment-discuss/browse_thread/thread/209efd01b6b528f2# Visible Government mailing list] | ''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| | [[File:Lombardi1.jpg|390px|Marc Lombardi diagram of people and organizations connects responsibility]] | ||
[[File:TheyRule-450.gif| | [[File:TheyRule-450.gif|390px|Theyrule.net graph of people and organizations connects responsibility]] | ||
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