We, the Users: the New Politics of the Internet

The New Politics of the Internet

WE, THE USERS

There is a real sense that this isn’t working anymore.

Politics has stopped solving problems.

Partisan polarization is at all time highs.

Confidence in political institutions is at all time lows.

The jobs may not be coming back anytime soon.

But...

In every crisis, there lies opportunity.

While Washington stalls, the Internet races ahead.

America remains the world’s innovation leader.

Investment in early stage companies just hit an 11-year high.

The app economy has created 466,000 jobs since 2007

And it’s not just

Industries Disrupted

NEWSPAPERS

ENTERTAINMENT

SERVICES

EDUCATION

ROCKETS

GOVERNMENT?

So, what does this mean politically?

We know that the incumbents won’t go quietly.

(Not when the industries being disrupted next are worth trillions of dollars.)

The question is whether this is a new political movement...

And a new way of governing?

After all, the Internet is taking on bigger and bigger problems...

Industries Disrupted

NEWSPAPERS

ENTERTAINMENT

SERVICES

EDUCATION

ROCKETS

GOVERNMENT?

(Including many of the problems Washington seems incapable of solving.)

The Industrial Revolution changed politics forever.

It’s fair to ask whether the Internet could do the same.