Re: mailing list vs "the futur"
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 08:27:41AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 01:02:21PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> >No, very occasionally, a proposed change is a clear improvement.
> >Usually it's just about altering the distribution of income.
>
> Rather, in my experience, resistance to change is usually about
> preserving the status quo and reinforcing the existing division of
> winners and losers.
>
> For example, in this thread, we see
Whoever that "we" is. You, sure. Me, not.
> that mechanisms which make more
> information available to more people in a more easily accesible form
> must be worse because those people don't know what they're doing. Or
> something. I personally tend to think that bringing the next billion
> people online is more important than maintaining a Manichaean
> priesthood based on internet protocols from the 80s. (Regardless of
> how great those protocols are if you just understand them properly.)
That's your world view, and you are entitled to it. It's not mine,
and there are others disagreeing here. Let's agree to differ. Content
has been exchanged, I think we've had the chance to understand each
other's point, we've even exchanged mild insults "shiny folks" vs
"luddites" -- let's leave it at this.
Cheers
- -- tomás
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