roundtable: Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore

roundtable: Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore

Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore

Rob Kling (kling@ics.uci.edu)
Tue, 29 Mar 1994 20:36:28 -0800 

To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Mar 1994 18:58:18 EST."
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 20:36:28 -0800
From: Rob Kling <kling@ics.uci.edu>
Message-Id:  <9403292036.aa22212@q2.ics.uci.edu>

I was stunned by the purified and odd symbolic dimensions of Gore's 
talk.  (Improve education by wiring up every classroom, but support 
no other changes in pedagogy, resources, skilling, etc.)

Gore portrayed "democracy" like division of labor when a bunch of
people voluntarily solved a large prime decomposition problem on the 
I-net. I interpret his concerns about sending & receiving in light of 
his example.

He refuses to speak about the interests of the telecos and cablecos, 
the really huge players in the NII game. Today's NII priorities were  
"democracy" and "education" /// in contrast w/economic values that 
shape the Sept 1993 "Agenda for Action."  

In contrast  I thought that the diverse other  speakers were fairly 
frank and identifed  tough political issues of NII costs, access, uses 
that might touch some people's lives, jobs, skilling, and possible (or 
lack of) overall value.

I'm interested in your views of this spectacle.

Best wishes,

Rob Kling
<kling@ics.uci.edu>

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