Dead polar bears... Sure, it's a provocative subject line. And I'm sure it's all in good fun.
But why the need to kill? Instead of killing the polar bear, why not evolve a new species? Or build on it? Or anything that's at least constructive in some way. I think this is a poorly-chosen metaphor, as cute as it may seem, and could get your event off on the wrong track. Instead of tilting at ancestors, why not fight new battles? Even if I wasn't the co-author of the book, and even if I wasn't a proud information architect, I'd still be skeptical of what your philisophical bent, simply because it smacks of tribalism. Most of the world's ills can be traced toward humanity's knee-jerk instinctual us-and-them-edness. And yet here we go again, repeating this nonsense within our own family when we ought to know better. Your event sounds interesting, and I personally enjoy far northern extremes, having visited continental Europe's northern tip, Nordkapp. But man, seems like if I had the bread to make it Svalbard, I guess I'd expect a pretty, er, cold reception. Too bad. Happy hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38517 ________________________________________________________________ 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
