Here are my notes for the talk I'm about to give at Politics Web 2.0 on "The Revolution Will Be Networked: How Open Source Politics is Emerging in America.” (Caveat emptor, your experience may vary.)

Will Barack Obama's big speech on race in America be remembered for the sound-bites our broadcast media system chooses to amplify, or will it be remembered for the sound-blasts that our networked internet media system chooses to share and spread? Will broadcast's need for a simple narrative continue to dumb-down our politics? Can the abundant spaces of the internet enable enough Americans to think about complex issues like race in depth? Those are the questions on my mind as I ponder the aftermath of Obama's big speech.