At The Citizen’s inaugural Ideas We Should Steal Festival, Afua Bruce, New America’s Public Interest Technology Program Engineering Director demonstrated how mapping the opioid crisis—first as a way to connect survivors, then as a way to help more people survive—is one of many ways in which well-planned tech can serve the public good.
”When you figure out how to do something that works it’s nice to pat yourself on the back,” said Bruce, “but it’s nicer to share with others to reach more communities.”
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Bruce offered an Idea We Should Steal: Joining other communities across America in the fight against the opioid epidemic by sharing data, such as maps of overdoses, deaths, naloxone locations, and old prescription drop boxes.