>> > Satire aside, it is obvious that fully developed direct electronic
>> > democracy is just a few years away.
>> > And we can expect the computer companies to develop special
>> > software to accommodate it.
>>
>> And we can expect the computer hackers to develop special software to
>> fake the votes. Like video telephones, electronic voting is a technical
>> solution that won't be feasible due to the "human factor".
>>
>
>Yes, you're right, it could only worked if
>power and privilages were not involved in the
>decision-making process and all the
>channels of information were totally
>transparent for everyone. Guess what -
>this means an alternative social structure...
>
>
>Eva
I guess we'll have to wait till we get to heaven. Throughout human history,
many social structures have been tried, and power and privilege have existed
in all of them. I fail to understand how can anyone can believe that our
essential nature as humans - part angel, part brute, part compassionate,
part cruel, part intelligent and thoughful, part stupid and cruel,
essentially tribal - can be changed simply by altering the institutions
through which we work as societies. How much proof do we need that we are
what we are?
Ed Weick
