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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Info --> Knowledge --> Power
  • Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:10:34 -0400

On 4/23/04 8:23 PM, "Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> On Fri, April 23, 2004 11:41 am, Matusiak said:
>> oh, you mean the only people informed and aware enough to challenge the
>> current regime? yeah, they need to send those computer geeks to rebuild
>> Iraq.
>>
>
> That got me thinking, the "only people informed and aware enough" part.
> So who, as a profession, has the most informed (and, I'd like to add,
> unbiased) view of the world? Who is in a position to access or regularly
> view the widest range of viable information?
>
> I would say the media, but then again we all know how easily they're
> spoonfed.
>
> I would say the intelligence community, but as a tool of the state they
> are extremely biased.
>
> Then I thought of librarians ... the whole ILS crowd ... people who
> generally take a non-judgemental approach to the collection of
> information, any and all information. Neatly categorized and
> associated...
>
> Let's make a librarian the DCI. Let's make a librarian President.

Like Laura Bush ;-)

David





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