Our Interactivity Foundation project discussions focus on developing contrasting conceptual policy possibilities as different ways that our society might approach an area of emerging social and political concern. At first blush this sounds a bit too technical for most folks.… Read More »
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Teaching How to Think About Policy
One of the things that the Interactivity Foundation does is to teach people how to think about public policy possibilities. This will sound patronizing only if you misunderstand why, what, and how we do it.
I heard an interview with… Read More »
Public Discussion of Contrasting Conceptual Possibilities*
IF’s public discussions typically move from exploration of an area of concern to exploring and developing contrasting conceptual possibilities for addressing it.
The purposes of exploring and developing contrasting conceptual possibilities. Public discussion of contrasting conceptual possibilities serves the immediate… Read More »
Interactivity of Ideas
There are many different kinds of the interactivity going on in IF public discussions. But the interactivity of ideas is one of the most important ones. Our reports are developed by two groups of people who meet every month for… Read More »
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Exploring Consequences to Revise Policy Ideas
I recently had a helpful reminder of the role that exploring consequences can play in the shaping panelists’ thinking about the policy possibilities they are developing. Exploring consequences is something that IF project panelists do near the final stage of… Read More »
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Gamification and Motivating Civic Action
How might public policy get people to act in certain ways? The question of how a democratic society could impact the behavior of its citizens is a near constant one in our Interactivity Foundation discussion projects. One type of policy… Read More »
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What Does It Mean to Develop a Policy Possibility?
What does it mean to develop a policy possibility? And why do we spend so much time doing it in our sanctuary projects?
Most IF projects follow the same discussion process: the panelists first develop concerns that Americans may have… Read More »
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