Digital .... [Diplomacy]

From the NY Times magazine
Digital Diplomacy
By JESSE LICHTENSTEIN

Published: July 12, 2010

A very interesting piece about two young State Department staff who use Twitter.  I saw some useful parallels with the utilization of emerging digital technologies in the classroom.

Two quotes that capture what I like about this article.

“The problem with his thinking,” he said, “is it neglects the inevitability that this technology is going to spread — so he advocates a very dangerously cautious approach that says it’s dangerous and we shouldn’t play in that space. What the Evgeny Morozovs of the world don’t understand is that whether anybody likes it or not, the private sector is pumping out innovation like crazy.”


 
“All of these tools can be utilized by individuals for .... negative purposes” ...  “but that technology isn’t going anywhere. So we can fear we can’t control it and ignore the space, or we can recognize we can’t control it, but we can influence it.”