Re: [WDDM] ReQuest for Defining "a bottom-up origin"

["Pras Anand" <pras_anand(at)hotmail.com>]

> This is not democracy. What you describe could hardly happen in real
> democracy.
> Democracy is not about some mechanical voting. Real democracy is about the
> same
> information available to everybody, democracy is about understanding,
> looking
> for best solutions, achieving consent.
>
> I thought that your Social Computer project aims at achieving such
> understanding, at helping to participate everybody in decision making. Now
> it seems more like it is about creating/supporting some sort of knowledge
> elite?
>
> Mirek

No the Social Computer is about creating the democracy you describe. The
point is - a real democracy is very rare

Where the information is available to everybody and where people are looking
to achieve consent and understanding.

There are a lot of motions of this nature - these are the people I am
networking with for Social Computer.. It's good that you point this out -
but you must be aware that at all times - my job is to find positive change
and "put it in the box".

I am just challenging people to see what they think ;)