Emitted by Ann Racuya-Robbins circa 01/04/09 12:58 PM: > I have come to the conclusion a number of thoughtful people at Friam, > the Santa Fe Institute and the Complex and I may well have a > fundamental, important, genuine and sincere philosophical difference of > opinion about the future of the information/knowledge culture that is > emerging in the world today. This difference includes how and when > people should be rewarded for what they know? What is the most equitable > way for people to share what they know? What does it mean for something > to be ?free?? These are some of the areas of difference. I have spent > decades thinking about these things but no one knows everything and I am > sure I have more to learn.
This is a bit cryptic. I presume the particulars of any disagreements have come to light in face-to-face conversations? How and when you do _you_ think people should be rewarded for what they know? How and when does your opposition think people should be rewarded for what they know? What do you think it means for something to be "free"? And what does the opposition think? Personally, I believe people _should_ do almost precisely what they already do. I.e. there are wide distributions for how and when people get rewarded for what they know and that's how it "should" be. From your using "should" in your question, I infer you think that (at least some) people are NOT rewarded in the way or at the time they _should_ be rewarded. Likewise, I tend to think that nothing is ever free. "Free" is a delusion we willingly engage in so as to "externalize costs and internalize profits". For example, "free software" is free in neither sense of the word (free beer or positive freedoms). Like proprietary software, the costs and benefits exist, they are just in different places and require attention at different times. If the above discussion is irrelevant to what you intended, then please elaborate and clarify! -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
