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Tracy Viselli

Journalism.co.uk :: 'Democratic legitimation via the web is not enough', says Clay Shirky - 0 views

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  • There needs to be some mechanism by which executive or legislative branches can say we are taking this under advisement, but we are not taking dictation [from special interest groups]
    • Tracy Viselli
      Tracy Viselli on 23 Feb 09
       
      This is the crux I think--rather than taking it under advisement, can't there be a bridge between digg style and taking it under advisement? And what is the bridge or layer to add?
  • "All the rhetoric,  including - I'm embarrassed to say - some of mine, has assumed in the past that democratic legitimation is itself enough to regard aggregate public opinion as being clearly binding on the government," Shirky explains.
  • "I've changed my mind,"
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  • For example, during the Obama campaign, he watched the campaign for legalisation of the medicinal use of marijuana become a prioritised item on the Change.gov website.
  • this type of online phenomenon is a 'net positive' for democracy, it is not 'an absolute positive.' It doesn't necessarily mean these representational tools are a replacement for the vote,
  • Tracy Viselli on 23 Feb 09
     
    Clay Shirky on net positives and absolute positives? How do we get there and still give the it's due?
Tracy Viselli

PDF file of The tyranny of the structurelessness - 0 views

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  • Tracy Viselli on 28 Feb 09
     
    five page document on organizational needs for democracy
Nye Frank

Who would of dreamed Nye Frank 68 would be attacked and dead by 10:30 am - 1 views

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    http://www.fulldisclosure.net/Programs/541.php news about judicial Corruption, audio news interviews
  • Nye Frank on 31 Aug 09
     
    We were so happy in the early morning but a celebrating our new home. Who would of dreamed Nye Frank 68 would be attacked and dead by 10:30 am. He never got to sleep one night in the new home he built . He moved his shop in the day before and stated everything was in a perfect place.
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