That's right! I also think diversity of topics is a good approach for this list by now.
Perhaps, we should only take care to keep in synch the message contents with the subject threads. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bernie Innocenti > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:48 AM > To: Edward Cherlin > Cc: Education; OLPC Research; Carl-Daniel Hailfinger; OLPC Devel > Subject: [Its.an.education.project] What this list is about > > Edward Cherlin wrote: > > 2008/5/9 Alan Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> We are now several dimensions off topic ... > >> > > > > The Research mailing list is available for such discussions. > > I've expressed in the past my opinion of what I thought we > should and shouldn't be discussing on the i.a.e.p. list. > > After seeing a few days of activity, I now have a very different > view: not only I don't mind if people discuss very diverse > topics, I think it's a healthy thing. > > Now I see how being an "interdisciplinary" group creates lots > opportunities for learning from each other and create a > closer collaboration. > > The usual argument of how there would be too much traffic or > such a low signal to noise ratio is moot: by skipping the > threads I don't care about, I don't waste *any* time on them. > > -- > \___/ > _| o | Bernie Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ > \|_X_| "It's an education project, not a laptop project!" > _______________________________________________ > Its.an.education.project mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project > _______________________________________________ Research mailing list Research@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/research