On 6/20/07, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 20/06/07, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
...is Al Gore's new book. It may amuse some
to know that he refers to
"wikis, most prominently Wikipedia" as a "remarkable development that
could strengthen our democracy"...
And where would we be without him inventing the Internet? :-)
Ha ha.
Seriously though, considering his influential role in directing
funding and legislation to develop the network and move it to the
public and commercial sphere, probably about ten to fifteen years
behind where we are now.
But then, such destructive behavior as the mindless parroting of false
memes that denigrate real contributions to society is exactly why he
wrote Assault on Reason, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised when
discussions about the book prove his point.