Monday, October 13, 2003

Innovatation in a can Walking down the tracks - Karl to Thomas Roessler. Snip follows: Even innovation + edge + standards compliance doesn't automatically mean that something is a good idea and should be encouraged. Think of spam as an example: It was a new idea some years ago, it happens at the edge, and you can easily do it without violating any RFCs. Still it's a really bad idea. er, I mean spam in a can. 8:44:41 AM  permalink

All the king's horses Walking down the tracks - Doc to David and Euan's comment. Snips follow: Do we see the top listening to the grassroots on policy? Not so much. At the Dean campaign it's more about enabling the grassroots to connect and self-organize. Should it be more like the Open Source community in how it evolves positions? What, asks Douglas Rushkoff in this original essay for Demos, would happen if the 'source code' of our democratic systems was opened up to the people they are meant to serve? ‘An open source model for participatory, bottom-up and emergent policy will force us to confront the issues of our time,’ he answers. And all the king's men couldn't put Humptey back together again. 8:27:11 AM  permalink