110: Jennifer Pahlka on Recoding America

After backpacking in Asia for a year, and then returning to the states, Jennifer realized that our culture and infrastructure could be different because she had seen different.

People think of government as an “other” and unchangeable. But it’s up to us to make government more aligned to our values.

Lots of people talk about public service as giving back. But Jennifer got more out of public service than she gave, and hopes that we would all spend time in public service.

We need to hold our politicians accountable for not only planting new seeds, but also nurturing the seeds that have already been planted.

David Graeber: “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently.”