On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Denny Vrandečić denny.vrandecic@wikimedia.de wrote:
Just a comment on the discussion:
I would find it refreshing if people were not defending funds that apply mostly to themselves. I saw, in discussions of the essay, arguments by researchers saying that more money should go to researchers, by fellows and want-to-be fellows that the fellowship program should not be cut, by chapter associated that funding for supporting the chapters should not be cut, and by people who have been to Wikimania that the money for supporting Wikimania should not be cut.
If we remove all arguments of "I am an X, and money supporting X should not be cut" this discussion would become rather short as of now.
One of my favorite 20th century philosophers, a specialist on justice and fairness, has described an interesting concept, and I would very strongly recommend to adopt it during policy and strategic discussions like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance
Cheers, Denny
Thanks, Denny, this is an insightful comment.
-- phoebe