Nathan wrote:
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.comwrote:
Agreed. Though is it annoying when you see people working on things to address this, and then see critics, who inspired some people, carry on criticising the meta-processes, instead of supporting efforts made to improve those meta-processes. Cynicism on your part, maybe, but please don't infect people trying to change things.
There's change, and then there is the seeming of change. I don't think its cynical to oppose processes that appear to be helpful, but may actually set progress back. On the particular issue I assume you refer to, that Scott of all people opposes it should be a major cause for reflection on the part of those who support it.
On the Library of Alexandria - the failure of a community to protect a knowledge resource is something that seems to take a form appropriate to the age. I don't think Wikipedia will find such a dramatic end, though; the problems we face are ultimately common ones. We're organized as an unlimited number of committees, and all the downfalls of governance by committee and direct democracy are thus multiplied. Even the founders of the U.S., as afraid as they were of the power of a monarch, understood the need for an executive leadership.
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