The Public Commons: Building public spaces that actually serve the public

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Original broadcast date: July 23, 2021. How can we create public places that feel welcoming and safe for everyone? This hour, TED speakers examine our physical and digital spaces—how they run, who they serve, and how to make them better. Guests include community organizer Shari Davis, researcher Eli Pariser, Wikipedia Library founder Jake Orlowitz, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and artist Matthew Mazzotta.

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0:18.0	Hey, it's Manouche.
0:20.0	We still have not figured out how to use social media without it turning into well a mess
0:28.8	We're at the point where Congress is considering banning Tik-Tok.
0:33.0	Twitter is now X and beholden to whatever Elon Musk wants.
0:37.7	And Meta, well, it hopes we will make friends with the AI Chatbots it's deploying across Instagram, Facebook,
0:44.8	what's app, and threads. But what do we, the users, actually want? Can these
0:51.6	platforms truly serve us be our virtual public squares?
0:57.6	We tackle these questions in our 2021 episode called Public Commons.
1:03.5	It is packed with big ideas that will make you think differently the next time you go online.
1:09.2	So get ready to stretch your brain and enjoy. Thanks for listening.
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