The role of government will increasingly be to bring people together in settings that allow for
unconstrained and authentic discourse concerning the direction society should take. Based on these deliberations,a broad-based vision for the community, the state, or the nation can be established and provide a guiding set of ideas (or ideals) for the future. It is less important for this process to result in a single set of goals than it is for it to engage administrators, politicians, and citizens in a process of thinking about a desired future for their community and their nation.