Obama poised to be first 'wired' president - CNN.com
He better. It's the last hope for democracy. Establishing a true instantaneous dialog with the people is the one and only way government will enable itself to adapt quickly enough to survive the technological advances that simply cannot be avoided.
The traditional loop mentioned above is far too slow and corrupt to allow the government to respond and adapt quickly enough to the demands of its constituents, and adapt it must for reasons long understood and even explained in great detail, for example in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson. Very soon government will have to compete for citizens as technology makes means of production mobile and cheaper. And as any veteran of the market knows the key is recon and communications. Knowing what your customers want and being able to communicate to them that you have it equals profit.
I for one approve.
Representative government is a dead end. The role of government is going to have to move to a more administrative stance than a ruling stance as the technology allows us to directly understand and create effective policy.
Why vote on people when we can vote on laws and issues?
The President Elect has saved America already by moving the government in this direction. Communication, like education, is a cure all.
Obama poised to be first 'wired' president(CNN) -- As the first president-elect with a Facebook page and a YouTube channel, Barack Obama is poised to use the Internet to communicate directly with Americans in a way unknown to previous presidents.
"The rebooting of our democracy has begun," said Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum and the techPresident blog. "[Obama] has the potential to transform the relationship between the American public and their democracy."
"Obama has invented an alternative media model," said CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider. "In the old model, the president talks to the people on television [and] the people talk back in polls. In the new model, communication is online, and two-way."
He better. It's the last hope for democracy. Establishing a true instantaneous dialog with the people is the one and only way government will enable itself to adapt quickly enough to survive the technological advances that simply cannot be avoided.
The traditional loop mentioned above is far too slow and corrupt to allow the government to respond and adapt quickly enough to the demands of its constituents, and adapt it must for reasons long understood and even explained in great detail, for example in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson. Very soon government will have to compete for citizens as technology makes means of production mobile and cheaper. And as any veteran of the market knows the key is recon and communications. Knowing what your customers want and being able to communicate to them that you have it equals profit.
I for one approve.
Representative government is a dead end. The role of government is going to have to move to a more administrative stance than a ruling stance as the technology allows us to directly understand and create effective policy.
Why vote on people when we can vote on laws and issues?
The President Elect has saved America already by moving the government in this direction. Communication, like education, is a cure all.
Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI’ll second that emotion!
If government can’t keep up, it’ll have to step aside!
I for one no longer watch any television and am therefore, not being fazed by the propaganda being foisted upon the sheep of the world.
I recognize when I am being lied to and/or when I’m being manipulated. My knowledge of what is going on in the world is through the internet.
I block all the insipid tripe I can.
I prefer to be told the truth, not have it ‘spun’ for me.