Breakout session #2:

Note: lunch was great - awesome talk with folks.  More later on that.

opening question: What is possible Re: e-state that aren't possible right now?
My initial thoughts:
*Live participation in public events like town meeting -- democratized media
*massive influx of green businesses -- tech businesses.
*a new definition of "history" as more and more of VT's public discourse is recorded as a matter of course.
*remote heath care/farm equipment repair -- distributed expertise

PRIVACY ISSUES!?

We're discussing e-state "scenarios."  There's a list of 9 hypothetical future scenarios that might exist once VT is fully connected.  There is also an opportunity to come up with our own scenarios.  The scenarios that are listed mostly exist now or would with a little more connectivity in place.

How will becoming an e-state benefit communities and the state as a whole?  Opportunities?
*Vt as a model for the country -- fiber to the home all over?
*all of the points made above in the previous question.

Challenges?
*Privacy must be redefined.
*Important distinction between the challenge of maintaining a certain level of privacy and the challenge of learning to live with a new lack of privacy.

Note: Ed Cashman looks like Michael Chickless.

Please note: I'm live-blogging today (5/29/08) from the Snelling Center for Government's day-long symposium: Fulfilling Vermont's E-state Potential: Building Community in a Connected Age.  Please excuse any typos or poorly-worded posts -- I'll fix them later. You can also follow my shenanigans on Twitter.