I suspect it's for real. I answered a lot of their questions, many of which were very unsophisticated. They seem to have no idea that their process, like any process (especially a public one), can be corrupted by big money.
*-- Russ Abbott* *_____________________________________________* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 * blog: *http://russabbott.blogspot.com/ vita: http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ *_____________________________________________* On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to figure out if Tom Friedman has been taken in by a > too-weird-to-believe stunt, or its a real example of internet governance > we've all discussed and by now dismissed as impossible: > http://goo.gl/bnvFM > > It appears to be a cross between a poll and a grass roots 3rd party. I'm > going to try it but I'd like other opinions on this: whether its a goofy > stunt, political pfishing, ineffective, or maybe could be real. I'm upset > enough about the off-the-charts insanity of the current Debt crisis that > just about anything looks better than what I got. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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