"I insisted that politics and technology were inseparable. Hey it's nice to be right."
--Dave Winer
Never has a space after a period begged for more proof.
Technology works best sans politics, actually. Because technology at its best is innovation. Politics kills innovation.
In fact I thought that the best thing about blogging way back when was the obvious lack of politics. The absence of a formal hierarchy. The natural, inherent sideways linkage. It was magnificent. The days when no one really knew how many hits they were getting, much less cared.
As for whether technology can be removed from politics? I don't much care. Politics may move faster, fly higher, or swerve better because of technology, but you can still smell the nasty fumes all the way to the winner's circle.
