Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Politics on isen.blog?
Today Henry Sinnreich, the Godfather of SIP at MCI, told me I should leave overt politics out of this blog. His point was that we have plenty enough work to do to get the network right.
What do *you* think?
What do *you* think?
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Comments:
Henry's right, Dave. Leave politics out of it -- there's enough of it to pollute the Internet elsewhere.
- ferg
- ferg
These are frightening times for the country and political views should be expressed.
Access and other issues (privacy for one) are tied to politics and bringing the subject up reinforces that point as well as gives a point of view.
Access and other issues (privacy for one) are tied to politics and bringing the subject up reinforces that point as well as gives a point of view.
Of course we should get the network right, but please leave the politics in. Basically it is all about politics, especially in the US. I thaink I will have a word with Henry ;-)
Richard
PS: Henry is no longer with MCI, he is with Pulver
Richard
PS: Henry is no longer with MCI, he is with Pulver
It's all about politics. We can't have that stupid network if we aren't politically astute. A free market tends toward monopolistic practice, especially in this industry, so policies need to be developed and advanced that help control that concentration of power. How much regulation is too much? That's all a matter of perspective and politics.
Leave 'em in.
Leave 'em in.
I'm with Frank. Plus it's your blog and your passion. If your passion extends to politics then you owe it to yourself to post.
David, I also believe you should keep the politics in your blog. I do in mine. It reminds all of us that we are not one-dimensional. Besides, in your line of work, networks and politics are one and the same :)
Politics in(evitable)! Politics is the #1 weapon used by teleco incumbents to defend their bottleneck control over Internet access. Let them disarm first.
As long as you keep tagging them with the "Politics" label, I see no reason why you should exclude them. People who care will use their tools to filter out what they don't want. I will say that personally the Stupid Network and telecomm perspectives are why I read isen.blog, not politics unrelated to telecomm which I can get elsewhere. So I hope networking and telecomm remain your primary focus here.
First off, I believe that everything we do ends up being political, including Henry's suggestion to leave politics out of the blog.
Beyond that, I am getting more and more interested in the work of Anna Nagurney on supernetworks and the interaction between different types of networks.
Telecommunications, transportation, financial, and social networks, for example, are all interconnected and I believe that you miss very important factors when you focus on just one type of network.
The nexus of all the networks ends up being incredibly political.
Keep up the politics, Dave.
Beyond that, I am getting more and more interested in the work of Anna Nagurney on supernetworks and the interaction between different types of networks.
Telecommunications, transportation, financial, and social networks, for example, are all interconnected and I believe that you miss very important factors when you focus on just one type of network.
The nexus of all the networks ends up being incredibly political.
Keep up the politics, Dave.
I say you keep the politics in. I agree that politics cannot be separated from your core telecom focus. On a more personal note, your blog did much to raise my spirits during certain dark periods when I was thinking "Has everyone everyone in this country lost their mind?!".
Funny how the word "politics" has such negative connotations.
It is as if "democracy" is one thing and "politics" another.
What crap.
If you are a citizen in a democracy you have a DUTY to practice politics.
Anybody who tells you otherwise, most likely does so because they don't like your politics.
And that's just tough...
It is your blog.
Your mind.
Speak it man!
One last thing David Isen...
I am looking for information for a political post.
I want to know how America's ranking in regards to network connectivity has changed with regards to the Bush admininistraton. Last I heard we were #22. Any idea where I can find info for our ranking in 2000?
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It is as if "democracy" is one thing and "politics" another.
What crap.
If you are a citizen in a democracy you have a DUTY to practice politics.
Anybody who tells you otherwise, most likely does so because they don't like your politics.
And that's just tough...
It is your blog.
Your mind.
Speak it man!
One last thing David Isen...
I am looking for information for a political post.
I want to know how America's ranking in regards to network connectivity has changed with regards to the Bush admininistraton. Last I heard we were #22. Any idea where I can find info for our ranking in 2000?
