On 12/14/07, Jeff Seager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like diversity in > theory and in practice, and I believe that cultural diversity is an > advantage to all of us.
I cannot agree with you more. At the same time, the religious fervor and evangelistic zeal with which ideas are marketed (even in secular contexts -- evangelistic behavior has become embedded in culture) as being the Best/Only solution to problems -- with free-market economics supporting/promoting evangelical behavior (because, you see, you Grow, or Die) makes the sustenance of cultural diversity very hard. The Abiline Paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_paradox kicks in. (Very likely, it was this phenomenon which led to that disaster called the Iraq War, but I don't wish to stray into politics here.) Some of that advantage may be forever hidden from us until such time that > diversity is no more. Perhaps this technology won't eliminate > cultural diversity, but the possibility is something to consider. At worst > I > think the desire to disseminate such technology is a well-intentioned > arrogance, and certainly not the first or the last in human history. Amen to that, Brother Jeff! Well-intentioned arrogance, indeed -- the key cause of many avoidable man-made calamities. -m murli nagasundaram, ph.d. | www.murli.com | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +91 99 02 69 69 20 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
