That wikipedia "definition" is really funky — and idiosyncratic to whomever dreamt it up.
"processes that would otherwise be natural" ----- Huh?!?!? Like oppression? Neoliberalism? Just use the definition I suggested and we'll be fine! :-) And agreed that critiques without proposals are incomplete. Thanks! On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 9:38 AM Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey don’t screw it at the last mile!🤠 > > Apparently “Meliorism” is about NATURAL processes whereas ALL SOCIAL > PROCESSES ARE “UNNATURAL!😈” > > “ It holds that humans can, through their interference with processes > that would otherwise be natural, produce an outcome which is an improvement > over the aforementioned natural one.” (Wikipedia) > > And as to the critiques with no alternatives well let them PROPOSE > SOMETHING abd not just discount critical and constructive work from peers > > Regards / Saludos / Grato > > Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes > Pronouns: He/Him/They/Them (equal preference) > > On Feb 8, 2021, at 11:25 AM, Doug Schuler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > meliorist > > -- Douglas Schuler [email protected] Twitter: @doug_schuler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Public Sphere Project http://www.publicsphereproject.org/ Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good * http://lists.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci <http://lists.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci>4cg-announce* Creating the World Citizen Parliament http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv <http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/> Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/liberating-voices
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