Rather than slavishly copy the United States, I think most countries should have a chief information officer – someone who thinks about information as an agent of change, not just as an agent of efficiency. The free flow of information constrains official power and gives individuals the power to act for themselves.
我想，与其盲目地跟从美国的做法，大多数国家更应该任命的是一位首席 信息 官。这位首席信息官把信息看成是一种变化的媒介，而不仅仅是一种效率的媒介。信息的自由流动限制了官方的权力并且使个人有能力捍卫自己的利益。这正是自由市场的本质，而它也应该成为自由民主的本质。人们应该了解他们的官员在干什么，他们政府的政策成本，谁为这些政策买单，谁又从这些政策中受益。