http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/06/19/politics-is-architecture/ Recommendations, Resources, and Reform Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/06/19/politics-is-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Politics is architecture, Congress is a car, and we’re the mechanics | The Open House Project Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:23:19 +0000 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/06/19/politics-is-architecture/#comment-61 [...] This is very much the same as Mitch Kapor’s blog post “Politics as Architecture,â€? posted earlier this week by James Jacobs. The political process requires a foundation in rules, norms, and societal trends to create change and pass laws. These rules, norms, and trends all affect the political process and the legislative process. The Open House Project intends to create new rules, new norms, and put Congress in line with the societal trends, empowered by the Internet, towards openness, online networks, and user-controlled information. These changes will ultimately alter the political process in ways that we cannot yet predict. It’s always hard to predict how a building will be affected if you change the foundation without tearing it down. [...] [...] This is very much the same as Mitch Kapor’s blog post “Politics as Architecture,â€? posted earlier this week by James Jacobs. The political process requires a foundation in rules, norms, and societal trends to create change and pass laws. These rules, norms, and trends all affect the political process and the legislative process. The Open House Project intends to create new rules, new norms, and put Congress in line with the societal trends, empowered by the Internet, towards openness, online networks, and user-controlled information. These changes will ultimately alter the political process in ways that we cannot yet predict. It’s always hard to predict how a building will be affected if you change the foundation without tearing it down. [...]

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