> My choice for President depends on which candidate I think > will > address all the issues facing the USA consistent with my values, not > whether > or not he has a cool Facebook page.
Its not whether or not he has a cool Facebbook page -- its whether he can understand the massive changes in socieity being wrought by computers and the internet, whether he is going to be a President who honors science and tries to learn from it, rather than supressing it out of ideologicial and religious prejudice like the one we have now, whether he is equipped to deal with a world bound ever tighter by communicantions, by enemies who have mastered the idea of loose networks bound by technology and of spreading their world view via the web. Whether he looks outward toward the future rather than backwards, and whether he can address, for instance, the kinds of issues of privacy, freedom and the impact of technology that Dr. Brin addresses. That's why its important that he know how to use a computer. Comparing it to a "cool facebook page" is the kind of trivial analysis the media usually does. Olin ----- Original Message ----- From: William T Goodall<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 6:49 AM Subject: Re: Brin: What's in the works? On 25 Aug 2008, at 14:25, John Garcia wrote: > McCain doesn't know how to use a computer. So? What does that have > to do > with > being President? It means he's completely out of touch with reality. > My choice for President depends on which candidate I think > will > address all the issues facing the USA consistent with my values, not > whether > or not he has a cool Facebook page. Wouldn't he have to understand the issues first? Dinosaur Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk<http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/> Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/<http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/> I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate. - Richard Dawkins _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l<http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
