Comments on: GOP LOSING THE “NEW MEDIA WAR” http://vote08.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/24/gop-losing-the-new-media-war/2266/ Dedicated to Advancing the Idea That the Other Side May Have a Point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Greg http://vote08.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/24/gop-losing-the-new-media-war/2266/#comment-583 Greg Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:24:05 +0000 http://vote08.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/24/gop-losing-the-new-media-war/#comment-583 As someone who works in new media, and sees up close how it has radically changed social organization and information distribution, it is baffling to me that a politician wouldn't put in the time to get to understand the implications of the technology. Over the next decade or so, a lot of how we do business is going to be transformed, and I'm guessing there will be jobs displaced and folks that don't have a new media literacy are going to find themselves marginalized. Regardless of party affiliation, a politician who can't be bothered to understand this fundamental shift in how we connect to each other, organize our lives and participate in commerce is beyond useless. As someone who works in new media, and sees up close how it has radically changed social organization and information distribution, it is baffling to me that a politician wouldn’t put in the time to get to understand the implications of the technology.

Over the next decade or so, a lot of how we do business is going to be transformed, and I’m guessing there will be jobs displaced and folks that don’t have a new media literacy are going to find themselves marginalized. Regardless of party affiliation, a politician who can’t be bothered to understand this fundamental shift in how we connect to each other, organize our lives and participate in commerce is beyond useless.

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