orpheus2045Governance systems are not malfunctioning.
They are operating beyond their design capacity.
Orpheus 2045 examines what comes next.
Yo Ishida / 石田 葉It stays calm because it’s designed not to attract people who want to cause trouble.
Starting around March, we’ll slowly add more categories for worries and hobbies.
Nonprofit Organization Yururi Concept
#Forum #LivedExperience #PeerSupport #CivicTech #CivicDesign
Association REDefineThere’s a difference between giving a community a tool and giving them access. Only one of those rewires how a place thinks.
Today’s piece is about the moment everything clicked. Just not the way we expected.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/rebuilding-digital-commons?r=6l8ed8
#DigitalCommons #CivicTech #OpenSource #PublicInfrastructure #SystemsThinking #EdTech #DigitalSovereignty #FutureOfDemocracy #CollectiveIntelligence #CivicInnovation
#OpenData #Civicdesign
Every institution has a ghost. And no, not the Halloween kind. The kind made of old habits, old fears, old rituals and old incentives. The kind that politely swallows our best reform ideas time and again.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/designing-with-ghosts-a-practical?r=6l8ed8
#democracy #governance #systemsthinking #reform #publicpolicy #politics #politicalculture #InstitutionalMemory #civicdesign
🎥 A short film on institutional memory, reform as ritual, and the systems that continue not because they serve — but because they survived.
Also live:
📖 Why Reform Fails When It Forgets the Ghost Layer — a companion essay on architectural memory, cultural delay, and the emotional residue of power.
Watch → youtu.be/RfijSyrjwww
Read → https://redefine.pt/2025/07/07/ghost-layer-of-systems/
#IllegibleSystems #CivicDesign #SystemThinking #politics #Power
Wired for Collapse: How Digital Systems Hijack Human Resilience
Digital tools shape more than behavior—they shape what we notice, what we ignore, and whether we act.
This piece explores how algorithmic saturation and aestheticized crisis quietly erode civic agency and emotional bandwidth.
Read here →https://redefine.pt/2025/07/03/wired-for-collapse/
#DigitalSystems #CivicDesign #EmotionalLiteracy #resilience #democraticbacksliding
Vinish GargApplying CHÔRA’s City Transformation Stencil — a Story from Georgia by CHÔRA: Reflections on the Design of a Startup Ecosystem Portfolio for a city called Batumi
https://link.medium.com/qagg5PSeOQb #civicdesign #civictech
https://link.medium.com/qagg5PSeOQb #civicdesign #civictech
What a beautiful tool where we can play around to design, remix, and experiment in streets-design: https://streetmix.net/-/2814713
I am doing a course via EIT Urban Mobility on Streets for Children, and found a few tools, including this one. h/t Cristina Rivas
Beta.NYC 
We're hiring a Lab Manager to support with research, lead data-driven community projects and monitor incoming data requests! 📣 👀
Interested or know someone who might be? Come work with us! 🎉
Learn more and apply at: https://beta.nyc/lab-manager
We're hiring a Civic Tech Lab Manager to oversee data-driven community projects and monitor incoming data requests! 📣 🙌
Interested or know someone who might be? Come join our team! 🥳
Learn more and apply at: https://beta.nyc/lab-manager
Hiring a Civic Innovation Lab Manager - BetaNYC
The BetaNYC Civic Innovation Lab is seeking a full-time Lab Manager to join our team. The Lab Manager will have the opportunity to collaborate with a small team and to gain experience in working with data and technology in the context of civic engagement in New York City.