Gore on politics and the Internet

Thank God he invented this shit!

Vijay

On 29/09/2007, Jim Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's a review of 'The Assault on Reason' by Al Gore at
> http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20593
>
> Among other things, I found this review interesting for its mention of
> Gore's thoughts on the relation of contemporary USA politics and the
> Internet. The reviewer, Michael Tomasky, quotes from Gore's book:
>
> "Today's massive flows of information are largely in only one direction. The
> world of television makes it virtually impossible for individuals to take
> part in what passes for a national conversation. Individuals receive, but
> they cannot send. They absorb, but they cannot share. They hear, but they do
> not speak. They see constant motion, but they do not move themselves. The
> "well-informed citizenry" is in danger of becoming the "well-amused
> audience.""
>
> And, later, the Tomasky says: "In his concluding chapter, Gore places his
> hopes in the Internet as the source of a new civic forum with the potential
> to change the way we talk to one another."
>
> ja
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