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The Future in Context

TFIC takes you deeper into the stories that are shaping our future. Seeing around corners or making sense of the collision of technology and society is hard. Context can help. Our writers and editors probe important questions about where we are going by first asking about where we have been and why. The show is produced through the joint editorial resources of Governing and Government Technology.

Copyright: © e.Republic LLC, dba Government Technology and Governing. All rights reserved.

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Getting Schooled by Generative AI Sep 01, 2023

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The Center for Digital Education's Aaron Gifford and Andrew Westrope unpack the special education issue of Government Technology magazine with particular emphasis on the rise of Generative AI (artificial intelligence) in the classroom.

Here are links to the stories mentioned in this episode:

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The Future of Civic Hacking in Context Jul 04, 2023

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A 14-year-old self-taught coder is doing for government what it did not do for itself. His dad helped but he learned how to hack alongside friends at a venerable but sometimes overlooked public institution – the library.

Civic hacking is generational. It still carries some of the old school hackathon vibe but people coming of age today expect to be able to get data, use it for their purposes, add some value and give it back for benefit of the wider community. That generational shift offers some interesting possibilities for redefining government digital services – and who makes them so. It could also radically change our understanding of volunteering when outsiders do more than just run fundraisers.

On this episode - the 100th for TFIC - meet Elias Fretwell and his dad, Luke, who together are out to use public data to improve things for people who use government services. You can see and use some of the apps they built online - including their National Survey Marker map and their take on CDC Disease Surveillance.

Facing The Music Jun 29, 2023

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Historian and humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson offers some final thoughts on putting the First Amendment, national security and America's most (in)famous leakers -- Daniel Ellsberg, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, and Chelsea Manning – in context.

Clay's efforts to put things in a historical context resulted in 150 essays since March 27, 2021, 93 of which had companion podcast episodes.

He moves on to a new adventure at Listening to America with our thanks.

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The Leaker Behind the Pentagon Papers Jun 24, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson remembers Daniel Ellesberg, the war planner turned whistleblower after Vietnam.

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Watergate Redux: Will We Measure Up? Jun 16, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson laments a country divided, again.

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The Presidency: Who Would Want That Job? Jun 10, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson has been a little perplexed by the growing number of people throwing their hat in the ring for the 2024 Republication nomination for president. Stripped to the underlying essential question, Clay asks, who would actually want that job? History tells us the journey is fraught, and once elected, the term in office, is ofen worse.

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Hoover Damned: A Better Manager than President Jun 04, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson returns to our occasional series on some of the less well-known presidents of the United States. Perhaps best remembered for the dam and institute named for him, the 31st president was known as a great humanitarian but had a low view of the role of government in improving peoples' lives.

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90 Seconds to Midnight: Biden. the G7 and Hiroshima May 27, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson reminds us that the hands of the Doomsday Clock now stand at 90 seconds to midnight — the closest to global nuclear catastrophe it has ever been. Against that backdrop, the United States still struggles with its own nuclear history.

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John Quincy Adams - Lifetime of Service and Thwarted Pursuit of Happiness May 19, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson takes us back to the origins of the sixth president's pathetic quest for greatness and his sacrifice of happiness during a lifetime of service.

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Supreme Court in Crisis May 12, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson laments that the public expects better from the highest court in the land and has lost trust in the judicial branch as much as the others. Echoing an ancient Roman poent, Clay asks, who will save us from our guardians?

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