Heath Row's flying fingers have produced an astonishing near-transcript of the proceedings at David Isenberg's WTF? conference, wherein tech, telco and policy wonks are having a hell of a chin-wag:
The question I have is if this is the end of politics as we know it, or are we just being fooled by the flash and dash of MoveOn, Meetup, the blogosphere, self publishers, and the thing that got everybody in mu worlds attention, a presidential campaign that broke all sorts of records in raising money from small donors? Are we just seeing power and voice just as it ever was?
There are two key features in our political situation. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is. That's absolutely right. Organized money, capital, is what organizes campaigns, determines who can campaign, and what policy gets discussed. What we need to remember is that organized people matters too.
(Thanks, Heath!)
