Comments on: Looking Again at The State We’re In http://www.citizenrenaissance.com/2010/01/25/looking-again-at-the-state-we%e2%80%99re-in/ This is a draft of a book to be published soon. Please contribute your thoughts and help finish the book. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:20:02 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pamela Dow http://www.citizenrenaissance.com/2010/01/25/looking-again-at-the-state-we%e2%80%99re-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2639 Pamela Dow Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:23:40 +0000 http://www.citizenrenaissance.com/?p=2083#comment-2639 Robert, just wanted to say I found the event this morning fascinating, thank you, and the rest of the panel. Wished there had been time for more questions, particularly thinking about the other survey published today, on British Social Attitudes. It highlights some interesting trends, both in the finding that expectations of, and willingness to pay for, public services, are high, but also that people are much more reluctant to see this money spent in a redistributive way. Do you think that might say something surprising about implicit/unconscious trust in services (and therefore their providers, including Govt), and something depressing about lack of trust between tribes (or more traditionally, classes)? Also, I found it thought-provoking that Damian Green could have his excellent point demonstrated in real time. Following an insightful and self-deprecating contribution, comparing Bloggers to Gillray for example, the soundbite Twitter record made him sound protectionist, shrill, and critical of social media, which of course he wasn't at all. I suppose it was always thus, and clouds just speed up the ancient risk of media misreporting. And at least the rebuttal can be similarly real time... Anyway, thanks again, Pamela Robert, just wanted to say I found the event this morning fascinating, thank you, and the rest of the panel. Wished there had been time for more questions, particularly thinking about the other survey published today, on British Social Attitudes. It highlights some interesting trends, both in the finding that expectations of, and willingness to pay for, public services, are high, but also that people are much more reluctant to see this money spent in a redistributive way. Do you think that might say something surprising about implicit/unconscious trust in services (and therefore their providers, including Govt), and something depressing about lack of trust between tribes (or more traditionally, classes)?

Also, I found it thought-provoking that Damian Green could have his excellent point demonstrated in real time. Following an insightful and self-deprecating contribution, comparing Bloggers to Gillray for example, the soundbite Twitter record made him sound protectionist, shrill, and critical of social media, which of course he wasn’t at all. I suppose it was always thus, and clouds just speed up the ancient risk of media misreporting. And at least the rebuttal can be similarly real time…

Anyway, thanks again, Pamela

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