On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Ben Moskowitz wrote:
I don't agree that this question is flamebait-y, or that it shows a lack of clear thinking. It's perfectly consistent with lots of research on self-organization and distributed communities. See Shirky and especially Weinberger.
The sense in which, I guess, I considered it flamebait was it seemed to ask a "Is disorder a strength?" question -- to which we all agree, the answer is "Yes."
A nuanced question seeking examples of when disorder has not worked, and when it has -- that would be more interesting. And that's what the body asked; I mostly took offense at the subject line.
The other flamebait aspect was the conflation of "illegal" and "disorganized". I don't think groups like soup kitchens, which aren't always the most well-disciplined bunch, would enjoy being glossed quickly with groups that are "illegal."
Pedantically yours, -- Asheesh. -- You will give someone a piece of your mind, which you can ill afford. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
