Goldacre/Drayson debate
Just finished watching the Goldacre/Drayson debate online. Like most people I guess I went into it as a big Goldacre fan, and pretty much he came out of it best. However, Drayson came out rather better than expected. To be honest I'm still not sure exactly why Drayson feels that it is his job to defend the media. I don't know why Goldacre wasn't debating the editor of the Daily Mail or Five News or some similar
You can watch it yourself on the Times Higher website.
What was really exciting to me is the way that this event shows the enhancement of democracy through Web 2.0. A critic of the status quo was able to directly engage the establishment in debate. He was able to contact him directly, build a network of support and engage partners to host and broadcast the debate all very quickly. We were then able to watch online and ask questions via Twitter. This kind of approach has the potential to subject the smoke filled rooms to the light of day. For me, this is pretty fantastic and would have been unimaginable five years ago. I feel unusually optimistic about democracy tonight.
Can the career development world learn anything from it? Any plans to broadcast the NICEC debate? Public debate on the future of Roberts?
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