] The good work at hand is called The International Summit ] on Democracy, Terrorism, and Security. It feel a little ] like the World Economic Forum, though smaller and more ] focused. The security is intense and the press is ] excluded.( Though, interestingly, I am posting these ] words from inside a session, along with the many other ] bloggers.) ] ] I fear, that despite enough good intentions to pave a ] superhighway to hell, not much is likely to come from ] this. Everyone seems to be playing we within the ] boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear ] anyone say something that seemed likely to mitigate the ] idiocy of this age. ] ] And I'm no better in this regard. I spent all damned day ] yesterday in session with many of the stars of ] Cyberspace, folks like Joichi Ito, John Gage, Dan ] Gillmor, David Weinberger, Ethan Zuckerman, Marc ] Rotenberg, Andrew Mclaughlin, Rebecca MacKinnon, etc. ] etc. Laboring long and loud, we collectively produced the ] following statement: Click and read on. |