Are you saying what we need is more "school spirit"? It seems to me that the
cathedral/bazaar dichotomy simply gives a kitsch veneer to the
well-entrenched neo-liberal critique of centralized planning. I happen to
appreciate parts of that critique, but only the negative parts.
I gaze at your list of positive features . . .
transparency
flexibility
interactivity
immediacy
multi-nodality and
network interoperability
. . . and frankly wonder where is a Diogenes in this scheme? Where is a
Goethe or a Dante or a Nicolai Bukharin, for that matter. In other words, I
don't see any passion for ideas, only an incessant reconfiguration of
positions. Somehow this kind of rearranging of deck chairs might be more
palatable if it was accompanied by an expanding public expenditure. But I've
had my fill of post-it note brain storming on how to cope in a world of
diminishing expectations.
Sorry to be so sour. I have a toothache.
regards,
Tom Walker
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