Public Net-work

Steven Clift writes "I've written up an article titled E-Democracy, E-Governance, and Public Net-work. It illustrates how governments can do more with the Internet to meet public challenges. While the big bad government should be viewed skeptically in terms of censorship and regulation, it also does a million good things related to the non-techie parts of our lives. The question is not whether the government should use the Internet to involve people in meeting their public mission, but how to apply technology in the most effective way."

Comments

Woah, woah, woah

[Anonymous Coward]

People... getting together... to solve problems. This sounds like it might end up in a bloody revolution! Better put a stop to it now before it's too late. Don't want this democracy thing to get out of hand.

Re:The real problem with "E-Democracy"

[kfg]

"Ever try to have a meaningful conversation with a crowd of people?"

Yeah, I've posted on Slashdot too.

KFG

E-Democracy, E-Governance, E-tc.

[veg_all]

This ""E-Citizen says "E-Nough!"

Re:direct democracy not necessarily better

[Kaa]

...your representative has a team of highly specialized and highly dedicated aides whose job it is to know the entire issue.

We call them "lobbyists" for short :-) Yep, highly specialized and highly dedicated.