I second the surreality of it all. It freaks me out. Things have definitely changed... the potential is amazing, but also scary... I would have never thought in my jadded mind that educated non-special interests / lobbiest would ever be sought out as advisors.
It's freaking me out man. ...but in a good way. Not to scare anyone, but we're very much in an "atlas shrugged" type moment in history... a new balance is being struck in dog-eat-dog world of free market capatilism. Let's hope it's all for the better. -Mike mmeiser.com/blog On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM, scoobyfox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is wonderful news. It's kinda been surreal to watch intelligent things > from Obama's > actual answering of questions (in complete sentences no less!) at his first > press conference > to this! > > heather > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Has the Internet been saved? >> >> When Stephen Schultze <http://managingmiracles.blogspot.com/> stopped me in >> the hallway and told me that Susan Crawford <http://scrawford.net/blog/> had >> been appointed head of Obama's FCC transition team, I thought I was being >> punk'd. It was too good to be true. >> >> So, Stephen and I went to an open computer and Googled. Yup. But the news >> was actually even better: Kevin Werbach <http://werblog.com/> has been >> appointed as co-lead. >> >> I was giddy with joy, for two reasons. >> >> First, it just might mean that the Internet has been saved. >> >> There are many threats to the Net, and there always will be. But one is >> particularly nasty and urgent. The business model of the incumbent carriers >> in the US — primarily telephone and cable companies — focuses not on simply >> providing us with as many bits as we want, but rather on getting us to buy >> content and services from them. This makes it too tempting to them to tilt >> the market toward their offerings, and to optimize the system for the sort >> of content they provide (e.g., high def Hollywood movies), which means >> de-optimizing it for other types of content (e.g., YouTubes). This problem >> is exacerbated by the lack of a truly open, truly competitive market. >> >> Susan and Kevin come at these issues not as representatives of the incumbent >> industries but as Internet folks. They are, I believe, deeply committed to >> the spread of the open Internet. But, they are not ideologues. They are >> capable of listening, finding what's of value and what matters in views with >> which they disagree, and moderating their views. They are informed, >> intelligent, reasonable, and sweet. You come out of a disagreement with them >> feeling better about us all. >> >> Which brings me to the second reason I am so happy about their appointment. >> Imagine a government that values the qualities Susan and Kevin embody. >> Imagine a government that doesn't go for the lazy, safe wedge issues that >> divide us, but actually tries to find ways we can move forward together. >> Imagine a government that thinks not first about winning the argument but >> about how we can live together afterwards. Imagine a government that assumes >> our better natures. >> >> No need to imagine such a government. We just elected one. >> >> >> -- >> http://geekentertainment.tv >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
