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Howard Rheingold on Using the Internet in Politics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the got-net? dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The latest issue of BusinessWeek Magazine, dated March 29, 2004, contains a special report, 'Click The Vote,' which states that 'in the age of Internet politics, the Web can make or break a candidate.' The online version of this report includes an interview of Howard Rheingold, 'A Major Change in the Political Equation.' This overview contains selected excerpts about what is the essential impact of the Internet on politics today or what are the benefits to using the Internet in politics. Finally, if you want to discover the universe of Smart Mobs, be sure to visit regularly the Smart Mobs collective weblog."

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  1. Sorry man, but just the first sentence... by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chris Lilik is a one-man political action committee. Powered by a high-speed computer he assembled himself,

    Now, that's a rather casual way of revealing he's a cyborg, isn't it?

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    The coolest voice ever.
  2. Smart mob? by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 1, Funny

    Isn't that an oxymoron?

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    --- Ban humanity.
    1. Re:Smart mob? by shystershep · · Score: 1, Funny

      Looking at the colors on their website, I would have to say yes.

      My eyes! My eyes!

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      The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer. - Albert Einstein
  3. Totally. by pavon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Locke for Hegemon!

  4. What?!?! by Da+Fokka · · Score: 2, Funny

    20 posts and still no Gore-Invented-The-Internet reference?!

    What is Slashdot coming to these days...