On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Denny Vrandečić <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a comment on the discussion: > > I would find it refreshing if people were not defending funds that > apply mostly to themselves. I saw, in discussions of the essay, > arguments by researchers saying that more money should go to > researchers, by fellows and want-to-be fellows that the fellowship > program should not be cut, by chapter associated that funding for > supporting the chapters should not be cut, and by people who have been > to Wikimania that the money for supporting Wikimania should not be > cut. > > If we remove all arguments of "I am an X, and money supporting X > should not be cut" this discussion would become rather short as of > now. > > One of my favorite 20th century philosophers, a specialist on justice > and fairness, has described an interesting concept, and I would very > strongly recommend to adopt it during policy and strategic discussions > like this: > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance> > > Cheers, > Denny > >
Thanks, Denny, this is an insightful comment. -- phoebe _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
