--- On Fri, 9/11/09, Stephen Pirk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fri, Sep 11, 2009 03:26, Gadi Evron <[email protected]> wrote:

>> When scifi becomes ridiculous reality:

>> http://xkcd.com/635/

> Exactly how I feel. Too friggin' funny. So many scfi
> adventures from my teenage years are coming back to say
> "see I told you so..."

The Ender's Game story of Locke and Demosthenes is the most pertinent sci-fi 
and among the most overlooked.  Flying cars and communicators can come and go 
and won't have nearly the impact of the forums hinted at in this sub-plot.

I got involved in political blogging last year during the US presidential 
contest and got pretty familiar with the state of the half-step towards similar 
forums that are the multi-user political blogs circa 2008.  It has been 
interesting being part of creating the Motley Moose and seeing in a small way 
how this medium can be evolved into a more productive part of political 
discourse (today, in fact, is the first day of the second year of the Moose - 
http://www.motleymoose.com/diary/1905/happy-anniversary ).

It seems inevitable that Scott's view will come to pass fully over time.  When 
the public discourse on political topics is not separate from the active 
politics of those who hold office, but rather the center of a continuum of 
conversation.

-chris



      
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