Ah, Iceland — home to the Blue Lagoon, Sigur Rós and, most recently, crowdsourced constitutionalism. With its economy still reeling from the 2009 financial crisis, the rustic has begun hammering away at a brand spanking new constitution, and is calling its online citizenry for help. The draft is being prepared by a democratically elected, 25-member council, but any Icelanders with an online connection can add their very own suggestions, engage in online debates, or follow the proceedings in real-time on Facebook. All suggestions are moderated to weed out the really dumb ones (“FEWER VOLCANOES”), and people approved by the board can be directly added to the draft, by means of be completed on the end of this month. It is a fascinating social experiment, but one which could probably only happen in an area where nearly 90 percent of all households have a broadband connection, two-thirds of the whole population is on Facebook — meaning their politician’s are always within poke’s reach.
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