What Jennifer Pahlka thinks about ideas vs execution

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Author of Recoding America; founded Code for America and was US deputy chief technology officer from 2013 to 2014.

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19 Jun 2026

Our readingLasting social transformation comes from coordinated fields working a shared plan, not from scattered individual projects.

Their wordsTransformation comes from fields with a plan, not projects with potential.

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