Obesity rates have risen alarmingly, in large measure because of the availability of fast food.

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The availability of cheap, fast computers and storage, as well as open source tools, have made it okay to capture first and ask questions later.

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If the same 24-hour, seven-days-a-week availability and convenience, fast delivery, customer focus and personalisation became the norm in the public sector, it would not just make life easier, it would fundamentally change the way that people view government itself.

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