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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social enterprises such as car-sharing programs are changing the nature of urban transportation and providing alternative options to individual car ownership. In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations. Create synapses for within-city learning.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

After some years, DJ Bola found out about the Artemisia accelerator program, the first social enterprise accelerator in Brazil. DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Building Community Governance for AI

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In short, relying on tech companies to govern their own AI development carves a path toward societal collapse by repeating mistakes made in past development of the web and social media. To establish effective AI governance, then, is the challenge for civil society organizations and social innovators.