Ron asks what the rules of collaboration are. I suspect that rules are likely to inhibit collaboration, but then, following Marx, I do not know how to write cookbooks. My intuition is that trust and respect are essential to fruitful collaboration. Julio's description of the fortunately infrequent bad behavior indicates that those conditions are not in effect here.
When I do on some were threatened to run sub anybody for disruptive behavior, I catch hell, or, even worse very valued friends sign off from the list. What I had hoped that the list could do would be to collectively develop a nonsectarian analysis that would be helpful in both expanding the number of activists and helping them formulate actions. Again, I was frightfully naïve when I heard about email lists in the early 1980s, I believe. My informant about this new technology was Sam Lanfranco, who later went on to start the labor list. My first recruit to the list was Michael Lebowitz. At least, I can take pride in that choice. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [email protected] michaelperelman.wordpress.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:29 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Games "michael perelman" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Julio's suggestion is very interesting. In my naivete, I started pen-l with > the hope that some sort of collective > collaboration might result. I have made contact with some wonderful people, > but no collective action. Instead, > there is an excess of individualism, in which otherwise good people dissipate > too much energy sniping at each other. Your hope is reasonable, but how do pen-l members define projects that will make a difference? What should be the goals? Can pen-l members collaborate to make recommendations on how society should be changed to make life better for us all? What are the rules of collaboration? -- Ron
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