Comments on: Future Cultural DNA http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/629 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jock Gill http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/629#comment-3449 Jock Gill Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:20:49 +0000 http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/629#comment-3449 I am cross posting this from Dewayne Hendrick's list. Is this an example of how the media acts as a guardian of the current cultural DNA? [Note: This item comes from reader Robert Berger. DLH] From: "Robert J. Berger" Date: December 10, 2007 11:08:03 AM PST To: Dewayne Hendricks , David Farber Subject: The Genius of the "Structural Constraint" Another way of saying Code / Technical Infrastructure is "Law" [DNA - JPG] Some Concise Chomsky on how the structure of media reinforces the dominant views and blocks innovative or unconvential views. I think this is the fundamental reason why entities that control the "pipes" can not be allowed to control the content. I am cross posting this from Dewayne Hendrick’s list. Is this an example of how the media acts as a guardian of the current cultural DNA?

[Note: This item comes from reader Robert Berger. DLH]

From: “Robert J. Berger”
Date: December 10, 2007 11:08:03 AM PST
To: Dewayne Hendricks , David Farber
Subject: The Genius of the “Structural Constraint”

Another way of saying Code / Technical Infrastructure is “Law” [DNA - JPG]

Some Concise Chomsky on how the structure of media reinforces the dominant views and blocks innovative or unconvential views.

I think this is the fundamental reason why entities that control the “pipes” can not be allowed to control the content.

]]> By: Jock Gill http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/629#comment-3445 Jock Gill Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:02:06 +0000 http://www.greaterdemocracy.org/archives/629#comment-3445 Please read Al Gore's December 10th speech for an example of the leadership that is possible. http://blog.algore.com/2007/12/nobel_prize_acceptance_speech.html Now if only the active candidates could step up to this level of leadership. Their unwillingness to do so far is not to their greater credit. It strikes me that unless they are willing to do so, they risk being relegated to the 2nd or 3rd string teams. Can we afford to elect a president who is not clearly a leader from the first string? Please read Al Gore’s December 10th speech for an example of the leadership that is possible.

http://blog.algore.com/2007/12/nobel_prize_acceptance_speech.html

Now if only the active candidates could step up to this level of leadership. Their unwillingness to do so far is not to their greater credit. It strikes me that unless they are willing to do so, they risk being relegated to the 2nd or 3rd string teams. Can we afford to elect a president who is not clearly a leader from the first string?

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