Had breakfast with the marvellous Prof Stephen Coleman on Monday to discuss - amongst other things - the social impact of the web and his view of how technology can enable more citizen-centric v government-centric communications. Stephen participated recently in the lecture at the RSA on pro-social behaviour (you can read Matthew Taylor's fab essay here) and is working with the powers-that-be on how to drive create the 'participation age' many are alluding to right now. Stephen has written about the internet and US elections and thinks "even if the internet does usher in a new age of political communication, there is no guarantee it will be any better than the one we have now". Food for thought . Good start to the week......