Comments on: Power to the people http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Guy Love http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359341 Guy Love Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:26:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359341 The label connection is an interesting thing in the sense that all the big corporate food companies fight tooth and nail to make sure that the consumer doesn't know what they are eating or drinking. Organic fopd has somehow caught on in spite of this effort to suppress information (word of mouth, internet?). Genetic modified food has been a well kept secret from most consumers, and I truly hope that eventually consumers will get the upper hand on the food companies as they seem to be doing with the media companies. This could actually lead to a solution for the obesity problem once people where better informed and demanded the food companies to toe the line or else suffer the consequences. Hopefully, the free flow of information will eventually break through in this area as it has in others. The label connection is an interesting thing in the sense that all the big corporate food companies fight tooth and nail to make sure that the consumer doesn’t know what they are eating or drinking. Organic fopd has somehow caught on in spite of this effort to suppress information (word of mouth, internet?). Genetic modified food has been a well kept secret from most consumers, and I truly hope that eventually consumers will get the upper hand on the food companies as they seem to be doing with the media companies. This could actually lead to a solution for the obesity problem once people where better informed and demanded the food companies to toe the line or else suffer the consequences. Hopefully, the free flow of information will eventually break through in this area as it has in others.

]]> By: TheRottenWord http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359327 TheRottenWord Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:31:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359327 Just wanted to drop a note to say I enjoy the blog and the lively commenting crowd. Just wanted to drop a note to say I enjoy the blog and the lively commenting crowd.

]]> By: Eric Gauvin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359323 Eric Gauvin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:13:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359323 Jon, I'll ask my original question: Do you really think this (extremely simplistic means of communication nutritional facts) will provide people with an increased knowledge of nutrition and empower them to make better decisions about what foods to eat? Do you agree with Jeff Jarvis that this is "Power to the people?" Jon,

I’ll ask my original question:

Do you really think this (extremely simplistic means of communication nutritional facts) will provide people with an increased knowledge of nutrition and empower them to make better decisions about what foods to eat? Do you agree with Jeff Jarvis that this is “Power to the people?”

]]> By: jon burg http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359321 jon burg Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:50:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359321 Eric, it's not about the numbers it's about making those numbers real, making them front and center. If we put warning labels on everything from cigarettes to high chairs, why not on food? Wouldn't this send a stronger message? For more check out my post at http://jburg.typepad.com/future/2007/09/protecting-cons.html Eric, it’s not about the numbers it’s about making those numbers real, making them front and center.

If we put warning labels on everything from cigarettes to high chairs, why not on food? Wouldn’t this send a stronger message?

For more check out my post at http://jburg.typepad.com/future/2007/09/protecting-cons.html

]]> By: Future Visions http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359320 Future Visions Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:48:53 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359320 <strong>protecting consumers from themselves...</strong> We put warning labels on cigarettes, but not on alcohol. We put warning signs on the train platforms, but not on fatty foods. Where should we draw the line? Why do we put nutritional labels in numbers and scientific terms,... protecting consumers from themselves…

We put warning labels on cigarettes, but not on alcohol. We put warning signs on the train platforms, but not on fatty foods. Where should we draw the line? Why do we put nutritional labels in numbers and scientific terms,…

]]> By: CaptiousNut http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359319 CaptiousNut Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:32:47 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359319 Sam, People are sheep. Sam,

People are sheep.

]]> By: Eric Gauvin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359316 Eric Gauvin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:41:04 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359316 A three-star rating system provided by a supermarket whose objective is to sell you products doesn't sound like <b>more information</b>—it sounds like <b>less information</b>. Why not just read the label, which already has a lot if info? A three-star rating system provided by a supermarket whose objective is to sell you products doesn’t sound like more information—it sounds like less information. Why not just read the label, which already has a lot if info?

]]> By: Sam Davis http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359313 Sam Davis Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:14:37 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359313 I don't think this is naive at all. When people have information and the concurrent freedom to control their own lives, by and large - studies show more than 65%, btw - they make the right decisions. Why is this? Because any reasonably intelligent adult is far better able to make decisions about his or her own life - the life with which he or she is most familiar - than an expert, technocrat or similar crat at a government bureau somewhere. We are not sheep and we do not need public authority Border collies to herd us around. I don’t think this is naive at all. When people have information and the concurrent freedom to control their own lives, by and large – studies show more than 65%, btw – they make the right decisions.

Why is this? Because any reasonably intelligent adult is far better able to make decisions about his or her own life – the life with which he or she is most familiar – than an expert, technocrat or similar crat at a government bureau somewhere.

We are not sheep and we do not need public authority Border collies to herd us around.

]]> By: Eric Gauvin http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359311 Eric Gauvin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:12:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359311 I can't say that a <b>three-star</b> nutritional rating system is a great example of "power to the people." It's a marketing promotion and represents the dumbing down of American consumers. Do you really think this will provide people with an increased knowledge of nutrition and empower them to make better decisions about what foods to eat? I can’t say that a three-star nutritional rating system is a great example of “power to the people.” It’s a marketing promotion and represents the dumbing down of American consumers. Do you really think this will provide people with an increased knowledge of nutrition and empower them to make better decisions about what foods to eat?

]]> By: Nasser http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359304 Nasser Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:56:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/09/06/power-to-the-people/#comment-359304 Amazing that you can still be so naive Amazing that you can still be so naive

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