hi all,
i filled out the Pew Research Center poll about “the Internet in 2025” on a day when i was in a bad mood. i’m *sure* i said that the opinions expressed were my own, but that was stupid — i should have completed the form as an individual, not as your representative to the Council.
the upshot is a bad misrepresentation — my view appearing to be yours. i’ll try to send a correction, but the damage is done. i’m learning a lot of valuable lessons in this new role you’ve elected me to. unfortunately at your cost. i would be happy to resign if you think it appropriate.
i’m really sorry about this.
here’s a link to the article (NPR is National Public Radio in the US — "all tech considered” stories are generally broadcast on Monday evenings on NPR’s national radio news program).
and here’s the quote:
The downside? Group-think, mob mentality and manipulation. "The
Internet will be used as the most effective force of mind control the
planet has ever seen, leaving the Madison Avenue revolution as a
piddling, small thing by comparison," says Mikey
O'Connor, an elected representative to ICANN's GNSO Council,
representing the ISP and Connectivity Provider Constituency.
sorry,
mikey
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