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It looks like the White House folks are thinking of incorporating Open Gevernment Dialogue into the formal structure of government. Good for them!
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I disagreeIt looks like the White House folks are thinking of incorporating Open Gevernment Dialogue into the formal structure of government. Good for them!
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I disagreeSpeaking into a vast beaureaucratic void is not a dialogue. There must be a response that the initial speaker can identify as elicited by what the speaker said. It has to be personal. Somebody heard me and is responding to what I said. Even if my comment is listed with many other similar comments and they are all responded to at once, as long as I can see my comment in there and the response does indeed address what ...more »
Speaking into a vast beaureaucratic void is not a dialogue. There must be a response that the initial speaker can identify as elicited by what the speaker said. It has to be personal.
Somebody heard me and is responding to what I said. Even if my comment is listed with many other similar comments and they are all responded to at once, as long as I can see my comment in there and the response does indeed address what I said.
But it can't stop there. We come to experience that we are all in this together only by going back and forth over the issues with our objections and concerns. We learn through our conversation, about the diversity of our experiences and viewpoints, but also our unity of adherence to fairness and responsibility.
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