Comments on: The Internet is not a Truck http://benlog.com/articles/2006/07/01/the-internet-is-not-a-truck/ crypto applied to public policy Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bob http://benlog.com/articles/2006/07/01/the-internet-is-not-a-truck/#comment-13989 Bob Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:37:53 +0000 http://benadida.webfactional.com/?p=4#comment-13989 Lol, a series of tubes Lol, a series of tubes

]]> By: Steve http://benlog.com/articles/2006/07/01/the-internet-is-not-a-truck/#comment-11372 Steve Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:05:33 +0000 http://benadida.webfactional.com/?p=4#comment-11372 I think that it's always been this way. As we get more connected, we see more of how uninformed our "leaders" really are. In the middle ages, who knew who the King was, let alone what he was doing?! Now we get to know what our "superiors" are saying, so us geeks hear this idiocy, the chemists hear them not understanding chemistry, the medics hear them not understanding biology, the construction workers hear them not understanding their field, and so on. By definition, they live in a world of "Well I don't know the details, but..." I think that it’s always been this way. As we get more connected, we see more of how uninformed our “leaders” really are. In the middle ages, who knew who the King was, let alone what he was doing?!

Now we get to know what our “superiors” are saying, so us geeks hear this idiocy, the chemists hear them not understanding chemistry, the medics hear them not understanding biology, the construction workers hear them not understanding their field, and so on.

By definition, they live in a world of “Well I don’t know the details, but…”

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