12 février, 2003

"Emergent democracy" happening Took part in a thought-provoking phone conference this evening with Joi Ito, Clay Shirky, Ross Mayfield, Peter Kaminski, Liz Lawley, and Gen Kanai. We talked about emergence in weblogs (is there any? how do we see it?) and its possible impact on democratic processes (could it happen? how?). We plan to follow up on this, with other phone conferences (ask Joi if you want to join us) and complements such as the Emergent Democracy channel. Adina comments: "In a TV age, most of us have forgotten how to organize." Or even, for that matter, that we can organize. What do you think? []  links to this post    11:11:04 PM   Dave Winer meetup at Harvard Donna Wentworth reports quite adequately on yesterday's blog session at Harvard. Frank Field hit the nail on the head, last night and today, wondering about the tension between the competitive culture of higher education, especially at elite institutions like Harvard, and the cooperative philosophy that powers blogging. What do you think? []  links to this post    10:51:35 PM   Intelligent software vs. dumb tools Too often computers manage us when it should be the other way around. Sophistication often does more harm than good, making incorrect assumptions about the tasks we want to perform. Chris Dent has an article that argues convincingly for the relevance of the computer-as-tool view. Good work, and a nice list of references - from the school of Engelbart and Norman, among others. What do you think? []  links to this post    10:42:58 PM

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