Michalis Sarigiannidis
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You've heard of Open Source, right? Why not Open State? It's a simple idea. Government is a bunch of ad-hoc, chaotic processes that are hard to follow - and politicians like it that way. Nothing does processes better than software. Let's build the software that will render governments transparent and force them to be efficient and accountable. If we the people don't do it, nobody will. … Read More
March 23, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
Michalis Sarigiannidis commented on Daniel Dennett Investigates Energy Innovation on March 23, 2009, 5:18 PM
If we can make a bunny glow in the dark, couldn't we make a baby see in the dark? If we could see in the dark, then we'd use a lot less energy. And can you imagine how much energy we'd save if our bodies could generate and sustain electric fields? A big lunch would be all it'd take to recharge a laptop. The genes are there, we only have to incorprorate them into our own genome. Well, perhaps it's not that easy, but we'll figure it out. Yes, it's outrageous, perhaps ridiculous, and it's science fiction - (insert own disclaimer here) but shouldn't someone be thinking about it?