Smart guy
Dave Rogers has been writing some really intelligent stuff about A-list as mediators:
The internet has no soul, it is an artifact. Human beings have souls, maybe. Their souls are perhaps something to be concerned about. The "soul of the machine?" Perhaps we might read Forster again. One encounters this quite often in the metaphors and myths put forward by Doc and Dave and others. I've objected to the notions of "the values of the internet," because again, the internet is an artifact, it doesn't have values. People have values, and not all the people using the artifact share the same values. This is unhelpful and places barriers in the way of seeking reasonable solutions to legitimate problems, and like it or not, Doc and Dave are among the authorities placing those barriers there. They are responsible for them. Not solely, perhaps not consciously, but nevertheless they are responsible.
Read the whole thing. He has been saying in a much more eloquent fashion what I usually just spew in a cloud of weak snark. Highly recommended. Plus he's giving "Doc" Searls shit-fits, which is always nice to see. Unfortunately it's not causing him to reconsider any opinions. Why? The basis of the whole sale - it's a pure free meritocracy - would be jeopardized.
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Coincidentally I added you and Dave to my blog roll on the same day because you were both saying things of equal value about this general topic...perhaps you added a bit more snark into the recipe, but it didn't make what you were saying any less valid.
Posted by: Elisa Camahort | June 15, 2005 7:07 PM