To belabor the metaphor a bit and thoroughly grind it to dust Arlo, a map is useful for following in the tracks of someone who's been there before, and a compass is useful for venturing into new territory.
Thanks for your dialog, Your friend John Sent from my iPhone On Apr 19, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> wrote: > [John] > All I'm saying Arlo, is that I don't read the MoQ as a map. I read the MoQ as > a compass. I'll make my own map, thank you. > > [Arlo] > Which is effect what we all do, really. We are all part of the larger > historical dialogue, and from that we listen and we speak and we try to make > sense of what's in front of us. A compass, to me, would seem to indicate a > certain 'objectivity' (it always points 'north' regardless of where you are > or what situation you are in), but that may be my own use of the word. > > [John] > It's not designed to be useful to anyone else. My map is strictly for me. > > [Arlo] > I suppose it depends on how you define "useful". I find maps others have made > of certain topographies useful if for no other reason that to see how others > defined certain problems and how they suggested they be resolved. > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
