grazie jc! ----- Original Message ----- From: J.C. DE MARTIN To: Nexa Center Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 8:00 AM 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa@server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa AVVISO: Questo messaggio ed i suoi eventuali allegati sono rivolti esclusivamente ai destinatari e possono contenere informazioni riservate. Qualsiasi utilizzo, diffusione o riproduzione senza autorizzazione è proibita. Qualora vi fosse pervenuto questo messaggio per errore, esso va cancellato immediatamente con preghiera di avvisare il mittente. Grazie.