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by aaren 4500 days ago
The technology bit starts at 34:15. I'm paraphrasing here...

I'm here to recruit you. To help turn us from cows to ants, to build awareness, to save this republic.

This movement has enormous needs which you [tech] uniquely can provide. This movement will only succeed if we can find way to knit people together in a different model than tv / advertising model of politics today. This needs to be built and people with your skills can do this.

If you think you can help then email SCALE@lessig.org

So he has an open ended problem, not a spec, that he believes technology can play a large role in solving.

He mentions Aaron Swartz as inspiration multiple times through the talk. I think he wants more people with Aaron's technical skills to contribute to the movement to politically empower the wider population.