Original Statement of Importance (Return to List)

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11Alfonso ReyesThe massive use of some particular ICT may enable a more direct, participative and "real-time" democracy to emerge.

Comments on above Statement

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66Pete BarnsleyBut will this new form be desirable? How will we measure desirable without a context. Does society require a shared cognitive map/model in order for the new forms to be accepted? Trust in these new communication paths and the acceptance of new social artefacts, such as online vote acceptance notes, is a temporally challenged due to cerebal hurdles based on inbuilt values! Is trust a fundamental that needs to be explored more?