I see democracy, government by amateurs, as a way of confessing the limits of our knowledge. The amateur is not afraid to do something for the first time. With our amenable constitutional congressional government we avoid the tyranny of anybody’s pretense to know all the right answers. And see we need not suffer the paralysis of indecision because we don’t know it all.

“The Amateur Spirit” by Daniel Boorstin

It’s interesting to think about Boorstin’s wonderful essay in light of the blogosphere and learning in the Web 2.0 era.