Aryeh Gregor wrote: > Yeah, I'm still going to say the entire idea is ridiculous.
I wouldn't go quite that far. The idea of doing it (or having done it) makes people feel good, due to the collective sci-fi-like fantasy implicitly promulgated by the project itself -- a future world of poverty and decay, saved by the serendipitous discovery of a time-capsule sent from the past. It's a spectacle, a stunt, and it has PR value. I certainly don't begrudge the Long Now Foundation for having done this with the Rosetta Project, since their primary goal is to encourage long-term thinking, and expensive stunts are obviously a key part of that. But Wikimedia's goals are somewhat different, and we could probably find some stunts which are more relevant to our mission. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
