Sadly, it sounds like the democratic process is being heavily filtered. Google picks the top 100, we pick the top 20 out of those, they pick 5 out of those. But the basic idea is still kinda cool.
Our goal is to set as few rules as possible. However, we ask that you put your idea into one of the following categories and consider the evaluation criteria below. Categories:
* Community: How can we help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures? * Opportunity: How can we help people better provide for themselves and their families? * Energy: How can we help move the world toward safe, clean, inexpensive energy? * Environment: How can we help promote a cleaner and more sustainable global ecosystem? * Health: How can we help individuals lead longer, healthier lives? * Education: How can we help more people get more access to better education? * Shelter: How can we help ensure that everyone has a safe place to live? * Everything else: Sometimes the best ideas don't fit into any category at all.
For a taste of that they're doing you can check out Amex which is doing pretty much the same thing:
I submitted something. Not sure if they can get that many human kidneys off the world market though...
"You have all recieved youre last warning. I am in the process of currently tracking all of youre ips and pinging your home adressess. you should not have commencemed a war with me" - Aaron Rayburn
I hate to shit on this particular parade, but too many dreamers are winning the Amex one. This is a keen idea and should produce utilitarian projects - but more importantly, feasible ones. Those Amex ones are shit.
Some of them are great, like "in a perfect world" great. But those ideas are the type that never see real, meaningful action. Shameful, but reality isn't a fantastic dreamland of butterscotch and rainbows.
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