I still believe that it is a huge step forward, despite the negative
stuff.
I still stand by what I wrote in 1994 -- the essay that led to my
friendship
with David Brin:
do you have a link to that essay, nick?
although i believe there is a dark side to the internet, i recognize
that it has also been a powerful interactive tool for spreading peace,
knowledge and beauty; even more so than fear, hate and greed.
i also believe in the marketplace of ideas and would like to see
virtual town halls at the local, state and national level to compete
with and limit the power of special interests. one of the ways to
encourage this platonic ideal of the electronic village is to implement
free, wireless, public access to the internet, so citizens could
interact with elected and appointed officials, and bureaucrats (on
public websites) with input into issues that impact on human and global
concerns. i would like to see world wide web accountability for
corruption and incompetence of corporate, political, social, military,
economic and religious institutions.
i have run for public office eight times on a platform of
participatory, electronic democracy. and once participated on a panel
with dr. brin on a related topic. in the years since i began tilting
at windmills, internet blogging has grown to have an enormous effect on
the corporate media and other powerful interests, and provides funding
to a variety of grassroots political campaigns, charities and causes,
etc.
jon
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