This is something a little interesting for friday! The Us Now Documentary is Directed by Ivo Gormley, and explores how web2.0 is changing the ways we interact with the world and how the emerging power of mass collaboration will drive the future. A little techy, but interesting enough at first glance!! You can actually watch the whole film on YouTube right here. (via ViralBlog)
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July 3rd, 2009 at 1:41 am
I’m not sure I’d want every uninformed member of the public deciding everything. I’d be much happier deferring to elected experts on most issues – particularly those on which I have little information or education (ecconomic policy, nuclear science etc.) I certainly wouldn’t want government policy written by everyone like a wikipedia page – even the political wikipedia pages always come with warnings of how unbalanced the article may be, so god knows what it’d be like if they were acted upon. In short I think direct democracy would be a nightmarish mob rule.
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 am
Too true Tom. Was it Mr Wilde who said Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, for the people, by people?
And how many would vote. I’d say unless it was compulsory you’d get people with specific agendas skewing the vote. The rest are watching Master Chef.
July 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
haha. Indeed, I couldn’t agree more!