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Yochai Benkler: Blueprint for Democratic Participation

May 10, 2012 - by David Moore

This video presentation, by Prof. Yochai Benkler of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, is one of the best articulations I've ever seen of the meaning of "participatory politics".

Please watch it in full & share it: Blueprint for Democratic Participation.

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