The GoKart 600 is one day for the entire staff of GoKart Labs to invent a viable product or business in 600 minutes. To do this, we rely on our established methods for innovation, condensing our process down to a single day of fearless exploration. 2017 Pitches

1. COUNTER
POINTS
GoKart 600

3. Our Dream
Imagine an Internet that enables
receptivity to change without
compromising curation.

4. Our Reality
We’re in the midst of a digital epidemic
silently eroding human empathy.

5. The Problem
Technology has enabled peak personalization.
Algorithms are shielding us from the whole world,
and preventing us from exploring who we can become.

6. Technology has enabled peak personalization.
Algorithms are shielding us from the whole world,
and preventing us from exploring who we can become.
The (real) Problem
This erosion is invisible

7. E
C
R
P
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P
Exclusive
Isolating
PerpetuatingCurated
Recommended
Personalized
The Filter Bubble

8. The Result
“Instead of a balanced internet diet, you can end up
surrounded by information junk food”
- Eli Pariser (Author of The Filter Bubble)

9. A Domino Effect
MY PERSONALIZED INTERNET

10. PERSONALIZED WEB
Hyper
Curation
ECHO CHAMBER
Deepened
Confirmation Bias
ONLY POLARIZATION IS COUNTERPOINT
Lack Of
Awareness

11. WORLD ENDS
DEEPER INTO THE BUBBLE
Low/No Receptivity
To Change
UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND, CHANGE, INNOVATE
Empathy
Atrophied

12. Macro Effect

13. Macro Effect

14. People Don’t Seek Change, But Need It
70%
1920
goiter in
children
Prior to the 1920’s the impending iodine endemic was
so bad that 70% of children in the upper midwest had
goiter — causing the majority of them to be disqualified
for military service.
To quickly solve this deficiency, all salt was fortified with
iodine and is now the common international standard.

15. The Solution
A non-profit technology
bringing balance and trust
to every digital interaction
we have, everywhere.

16. 4
TRANSFORM
OUR DIGITAL
EXPECTATIONS
3
TRANSFORM
ALL DIGITAL
INTERACTIONS
2
TRANSFORM
OUR FEEDS
1
TRANSFORM
CONTENT
CONSUMPTION
We intend transform all
digital experiences and the
fundamental expectations
of our internet.
A Transformative Vision

17. We’re Starting With A Destination

18. We’re Starting With A Destination

19. We’re Bringing It To Your Feed

20. The Future — A Distributed Experience
Information searches
Social feeds
Media content + Businesses
Human conversation + interaction
COUNTERPOINTS WILL ENABLE AND BALANCE

21. We built some real shit…

22. A Differentiated Product
For Profit Not For Profit
Destination
All Digital

23. A Validated Problem - 100% of comments were negative (no empathy)
POINT COUNTERPOINT

24. An Enduring Model
Board and philanthropic
participation
I Individual
Funding
Counterpoint courses,
physical and digital
conferences.
C Consultancy
Company funding to show
global support for balance
and empathy
C Corporate
The MacArthur Foundation,
Gannett Foundation, Media
Democracy Fund, Knight
Foundation, Robert
McCormick Foundation
G Grants
Fund individuals and
companies to support and
transform a more
empathetic and balanced
internet.
G Grantor

25. A Kick Ass Team

26. Our Ask
We want to pitch to the
ventures team and be
considered for stage 2.