First of all, thanks for all the feedback on the "We are the New
Civilization" piece. I got some good feedback on specific points. However,
most people said "leave it just as it is", so I think that's what I'll do.
Anyway, it is something written from the heart, so trying to get too
intellectual about editing the details might not be so productive. So, I
will send a fresh copy after this message. If you like it, feel free to
distribute it, or publish it in any medium. I'm not putting my name under
it, or putting any copyright clause on it or anything. I think it will be
most useful that way.
However, besides that, there still seems to be a need for more ways of
expressing what we are about. Maybe more tangible, action-oriented. Maybe
more design oriented, as several people mentioned, although that is
probably where we might get into areas we don't all mostly agree on.
A couple of different pieces have been kicked around on the discussion
list. Like this from Roan Carratu <Roan@mindspring.com>:
"We have already formed a culture, I think. We have agreed,
if only implicitly, that we will respect each other, say the
truth as we see it, not pursue disagreements personally, to
assume we are friends at least in cyberspace, that we are
equals and will treat each other as such, that there are
problems we are here to figure out, and that we want to be
part of the solutions and not part of the problems..."
or this, which I wrote on one of the web pages:
"This is about creating a new civilization that works better. A
civilization where people can be free to make their own choices, where few
power hungry men no longer control society, where cooperation and harmony
replace suppression and war, where self-sufficiency and independence
replace fragile, centralized monopolies. A civilization where people know
and look for themselves, rather than accepting the fear and ignorance they
are being fed. A civilization where everybody gets access to abundance,
rather than being kept in perpetual scarcity and survival mode."
Again, none of these expressions are an attempt to enforce the views of the
few on the many, or to be exclusive of other preferences. NCN is meant to
be open to all kinds of diverse ways of doing things. But if there really
are some core values we mostly share, I think it can be very fruitful to
affirm them.
- Flemming
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