Banging on an open door...mumble
April 18, 2003
In a comment on my Blue Oxen Vision entry Tom Munnecke says some thought provoking stuff, including: (0000GD)
Great stuff, and I like the passion you express, but I wonder if you aren't banging against an open door. There already is tremendous self-expression and adaptation of the democratic process via the web... look at Moveon.org has done, for example. (0000GE)
(Read the whole thing for the whole context.) (0000GF)
I think "banging against an open door" is apt. Part of my personal conflict over BOA is that an effort to formalize and aggregate collaboration, collaborative tools and collaborative thinkers somehow takes the edge off. It is the (undefined) edge which gets people going. (0000GG)
When people say, "Hey, collaboration is good, let's collaborate on, um, uh...something!" it feels like they are separated from the core energy that drives the process. Places like moveon are a success because they are attached to a real and concrete need that is regularly updated and placed in the real world. (0000GH)
The passionate language I use is an effort to try and inject some motivation (for me, something to grab onto) into a space that has none on its own. In the end, though, it feels ineffectual; that is, I don't feel more connected. (0000GI)
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