06 Feb 2012
Those of you with an interest in politics and 50 minutes of spare time might want to investigate the latest largely pointless use of technology.
“President Obama sat down for a discussion with a group of Americans from across the country in a Google+ Hangout,” says the White House blog. “It was the first online conversation to happen at the White House in real time – ever.”
As democracy in action, it proved to be a complicated way to ask the president exactly the questions that he’s asked every time someone asks him questions. On the other hand, historians will mark this as an important moment in politics: the first step towards the inevitable election of President Google in 2020.
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