RE: [ox-en] Collective Consciousness
- From: paul.7.saunders bt.com
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:36:03 -0000
Hi,
I'm kind of new here, so tell me if I don't belong, BUT.
For the last couple of years I have been giving consideration to an open
government. The kind of system that would be one step above a democracy.
All sorts of ideas have popped through my head like making the working week
shorter and requiring everyone to contribute to an open project. The
government could run pseudo normally, but consist heavily of people working
on government open projects. The government itself would be constantly in
ebb and flow with the people best suited to the Ministry of ???? being
appointed and reappointed via yearly web votes (conducted in a secure way of
course).
It's a very unpolished idea, but I think it could be expanded upon by the
right people to make for quite an interesting result. This would certainly
be a step in the direction of an open economy.
Regards,
Paul
nus bigfoot.com
PS: Rob, I might be able to help out with some kind of message moderation on
your site. I think it is a great idea. There are utopian fools all over
the world and all throughout time, so don't worry about it too much.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Blake [rob lateral.net]
Sent: 11 December 2001 13:05
To: list-en oekonux.org
Subject: [ox-en] Collective Consciousness
Hi Everybody,
About six months ago, I too was struck by the realisation that we are
seeing the emergence of a blueprint for a completely new form of human
society in the Free software movement. I've registered a domain
(communiculture.net) and intend to use it to set up a phpnuke site to
discuss exactly the same issues as this mailing list. I've had many
discussions about this topic only to branded a utopian fool. To discover
that others have already set off down the same road gives me confidence
that my intuitions were indeed correct. If there is anybody out there
who would be interested in helping me to set up the site, please contact
me. I have a box running debian connected to a decent pipe, and I can
use phpnuke for the actual site, so I really need people to help me with
content and to keep am eye on discussion threads etc.
Regards,
Rob Blake
rob lateral.net
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