Dear Wayne and Gurmit, I think it is a very important concept and needs to be explored in great depth by as many as possible. We have established a particular economy on the basis of individual user pay system. Have we explored or even have any comprehensive view of how that paradigm might be changed? I would think that there may be some socio-economic thinkers around our globe who may be able to put a different spin on this paradigm. Karl Marx tried at one time to suggest thinking differently about the economic merry-go-round; however that thinking did not significantly shift the 'industrialised' paradigm. Perhaps with the internet, we may be able to think outside the box a bit more that we could in the late 1800's and early 1900's up to now
There is a very interesting piece in Johnathan Zittrain's book 'The Future of the Internet'. (chapter 6 -p127). In this piece he talks about the debate between having rules and regulations, vs, standards or guidelines. I think generally, we have an over concern with making everything the same for everyone instead of looking at the need to learn to inform our actions. I think we need to concentrate more on the whole process of learning rather than put so much store on the content of learning (e.g. what is published and by whom under what conditions). Learning is very contextual, and contexts are different for all of us. however, we do need to continue discussing the options so that we can find a way around our dilemmas. Regards Cherry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
