http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/07/08/wrestling-with-jeffersons-moose/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/07/08/wrestling-with-jeffersons-moose/comment-page-1/#comment-1646347 David Post Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:56:25 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=3067#comment-1646347 Ethan: Thanks for posting your thoughts on the book ... I see that even after all these years, you're still unregenerate ;) You're right about one thing, though: as long as net users see themselves as "consumers" as opposed to "citizens," the producers -- the ones giving them the things they want to "consume" -- are the ones with the important power. I don't think the final word has been spoken on that one, though - I'm not convinced that there won't come a time, maybe even soon (or sooner than you think) where people start thinking about citizenship and the Net, not as "citizens of the Net," perhpas, but as citizens of the world who interact with one another on the Net. That, I think, will change things ... Anyway, very glad I transported you back to Williamstown, at least for a while - those were some heady days and wonderful conversations. David Ethan: Thanks for posting your thoughts on the book … I see that even after all these years, you’re still unregenerate ;) You’re right about one thing, though: as long as net users see themselves as “consumers” as opposed to “citizens,” the producers — the ones giving them the things they want to “consume” — are the ones with the important power. I don’t think the final word has been spoken on that one, though – I’m not convinced that there won’t come a time, maybe even soon (or sooner than you think) where people start thinking about citizenship and the Net, not as “citizens of the Net,” perhpas, but as citizens of the world who interact with one another on the Net. That, I think, will change things …
Anyway, very glad I transported you back to Williamstown, at least for a while – those were some heady days and wonderful conversations.
David

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/07/08/wrestling-with-jeffersons-moose/comment-page-1/#comment-1646152 Jefferson’s moose, web governance, and some questions for our readers : EphBlog Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:31:13 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=3067#comment-1646152 [...] In Search of Jefferson’s Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace, Ethan Zuckerman ‘93 makes several points that connect, at least for me, with a few recent posts on EphBlog, including the discussion of [...] [...] In Search of Jefferson’s Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace, Ethan Zuckerman ‘93 makes several points that connect, at least for me, with a few recent posts on EphBlog, including the discussion of [...]

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