Recently I read the blog entry from Nick Jones on the Gartner site. I dont know him, havnt read anything that he wrote before. The titel was “UK Politicians still don’t get Technology” and the title refered to a heated debate, on free internet ..or not, based on the file-sharing discussion; should the state provide free and non-restricted internet to its citizens?
Well, I have my thoughts on this, but will revert back and look into the title “(UK) politicians still don’t get technology” (with out the UK) I find this much more interesting that a debate on free internet. Perhaps the question is, as the title of this blot headline states: – do they have to?? I think not, of course it would be convenient if the knew all aspects and all technologies – or, heck, if the were Enterprise Architects, that would be nice. But I see no specific value here. I see that there should be a layer underneath the political layer that are officer of the state and possesses the relevant knowledge on technology etc.
It seems that there’s a (digital divide) gap between this layer and the politicians, since the public offices have an immense job to communicate what they see as a right path to venture into. In some ways I see a similarity to the “digital divide” paradigm, since it’s all about a gap that isn’t bridged and therefor creates problems. So, in conclusion, I dont see why the politicians should concern themselves about technologies, standards etc. but if they did,by accident, it probably wouldn’t hurt. – In addition to this, the next layer, being the public (IT-)officers, probably ought to posses communication skills, understand politics/the game, a bit of economics, efficiency etc. .. and do they do that now? There’s the headline for a new blog entry.
