Drastic changes in technology and media are heavily influencing the pace and nature of change in our modern political establishment, increasing global uncertainty as more citizens are empowered to take action through digital tools and the internet.
Despite the fact that humans have been developing technology since the dawn of time, technology is still completely misunderstood.
In college, I frequently thought about dropping out of school to pursue startup ambitions, but in retrospect, getting my degree was the better choice.
Around this time last year, I was chatting with one of my friends about the recent trend of college hackathons and he blurted, “wouldn’t it be awesome to have a hackathon at the white house?”
Although it was very different from internships I was used to, one common point was spending most of my days thinking about how technology is used.