Thank you Lucas for the inspiring reference to Humboldt. I just looked for the speech (https://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/humboldt_rede_1828?p=1) and had a passage translated with DeepL:
The ancient generation knew the value of the living word, the inspiring influence which high mastery exerts through its proximity, and the illuminating power of conversation when it passes unprepared, freely and gently at the same time, through the fabric of scientific opinions and doubts. Unveiling of the truth is unthinkable without divergence of opinions, because the truth is not recognized in its entire scope, at once, and by all at the same time. Rolf Am 28.06.2023 um 08:52 schrieb Lucas Cioffi via OSList <[email protected]>: Hi Bhav and everyone! I hope you are doing great, and thank you for posting the article by Tim O'Reilly. I pasted in the relevant quote about the scientist Humboldt who created a conversational conference. Given the information available in the article, I can't come to the same conclusion of the author, that Humboldt's event format was the same as open space. I think more info is needed to hear about whether people could propose topics, whether they could choose sessions, and whether they could move between sessions. From the information available, it might be that Humboldt chose all the topics and assigned people to different discussions. Here is the relevant part of the article: > "Humboldt was revolutionizing the sciences. In September 1828 he invited > hundreds of scientists from across Germany and Europe to attend a conference > in Berlin. Unlike previous such meetings at which scientists had endlessly > presented papers about their own work, Humboldt put together a very different > programme. Rather than being talked at, he wanted the scientists to talk with > each other. There were convivial meals and social outings such as concerts > and excursions to the royal menagerie on the Pfaueninsel in Potsdam. Meetings > were held among botanical, zoological and fossil collections as well as at > the university and the botanical garden. Humboldt encouraged scientists to > gather in small groups and across disciplines. He connected the visiting > scientists on a more personal level, ensuring that they forged friendships > that would foster close networks. He envisaged an interdisciplinary > brotherhood of scientists who would exchange and share knowledge. ‘Without a > diversity of opinion, the discovery of truth is impossible,’ he reminded them > in his opening speech." It would be interesting to know more. Lucas Cioffi On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 1:16 AM Bhavesh Patel via OSList <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/true-inventor-unconference-tim-o-reilly/ > OSList mailing list -- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org OSList mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org
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