Is 2017 the year for a more democratic, engaging and safe democracy? Lot’s has changed the last 100 years but there is one important pillar of society that hasn’t, politics. In 2017, we have all this amazing technology but we don’t use it with our democracy.

Jong Barnes is the author of "Democracy Squared: A digital revolution that's about to democratize democracy" and is a guest lecturer in Digital Transformation on the world 3rd leading Exec MBA program. He is a radical minimalist and splits his time between Brighton and the French Alps.

Jon is a thinker and tinkerer passionate about three main things: schools run by children, companies run by people, countries run by citizens. He is the founder of flux.am and indie management consultancy where advises CEOs of large tech companies. He is the author of "Democracy Squared: A digital revolution that's about to democratise democracy" and is a guest lecturer in Digital Transformation on the world 3rd leading Exec MBA programme. He is a radical minimalist and splits his time between Brighton and the French Alps. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx