Comments on: Four themes from Chris Rimmer http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/04/19/four-themes-from-chris-rimmer/ What's going to go wrong in our e-enabled world? Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:24:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: MarkE http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/04/19/four-themes-from-chris-rimmer/#comment-160 MarkE Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:29:05 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/04/19/four-themes-from-chris-rimmer/#comment-160 Apart from your first point, which is a result of our legislators' lack of work experience and thus of "real world" exposure, the other three all come back to the arrogance of politicians. They believe they are trustworthy and acting in our best interests, and that there is no possibility of any future politician being any different; they even believe this to be broadly true of their opposition. They are genuinely confused and upset when presented with evidence that they are not trusted, and persuade themselves that the fault is ours, for lack of trust. The alternative would be the painfull admission that they are at fault through a lack of honesty, and they don't seem capable of that. Apart from your first point, which is a result of our legislators’ lack of work experience and thus of “real world” exposure, the other three all come back to the arrogance of politicians. They believe they are trustworthy and acting in our best interests, and that there is no possibility of any future politician being any different; they even believe this to be broadly true of their opposition.

They are genuinely confused and upset when presented with evidence that they are not trusted, and persuade themselves that the fault is ours, for lack of trust. The alternative would be the painfull admission that they are at fault through a lack of honesty, and they don’t seem capable of that.

]]> By: CR Linefeed » Blog Archive » Blindsided http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/04/19/four-themes-from-chris-rimmer/#comment-158 CR Linefeed » Blog Archive » Blindsided Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:22:59 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/04/19/four-themes-from-chris-rimmer/#comment-158 [...] content with posting to 3 blogs that I administer, plus the one at work, I now have an article at Blindside, a site which looks at things that could go wrong in our increasingly digital world [...] […] content with posting to 3 blogs that I administer, plus the one at work, I now have an article at Blindside, a site which looks at things that could go wrong in our increasingly digital world […]

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