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Subject: [nexa] Runciman: "Politics or
technology – which will save the world?"
Lungo, ma ne vale la pena.
Frase conclusiva: " We need more
politics and we need more politicians."
juan carlos
Politics or technology – which will save the
world?
The internet, the mobile phone and now the
self-driving car – technology is revolutionising people's lives in ways that
make politics seem obsolete. But with the narrowing of the political class,
don't we need more politics rather than less?
David Runciman
The Guardian, Friday
23 May 2014 12.00 BST
The most significant
revolution of the 21st century so far is not political. It is the
information technology revolution. Its transformative effects are everywhere.
In many places, rapid technological change stands in stark contrast to the
lack of political change. Take the United States. Its political system has
hardly changed at all in the past 25 years. Even the moments of apparent
transformation – such as the election of Obama in 2008 – have only reinforced
how entrenched the established order is: once the excitement died away, Obama
was left facing the same constrained political choices. American politics is stuck in a
rut. But the lives of American citizens have been revolutionised over the same
period. The birth of the web and the development of cheap and efficient
devices through which to access it have completely altered the way people
connect with each other. Networks of people with shared interests,
tastes, concerns, fetishes, prejudices and fears have sprung up in limitless
varieties. The information technology revolution has changed the way human
beings befriend each other, how they meet, date, communicate, medicate,
investigate, negotiate and decide who they want to be and what they want to
do. Many aspects of our online world would be unrecognisable to someone who
was transplanted here from any point in the 20th century. But the infighting
and gridlock in Washington would be all too familiar.
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