Comments on: A democracy is for opinion, not for knowledge http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/ Ideas on interconnections, identity, and information from all sides. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Terrell Russell: This Old Network : Credentialing and Iran and Twitter http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-47140 Terrell Russell: This Old Network : Credentialing and Iran and Twitter Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:14:13 +0000 http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/#comment-47140 [...] of his own problem/solution, but I sincerely feel a huge opportunity for whomever can get a robust expertise market online and available for exactly these kinds of moments. Contextual Authority [...] [...] of his own problem/solution, but I sincerely feel a huge opportunity for whomever can get a robust expertise market online and available for exactly these kinds of moments. Contextual Authority [...]

]]> By: This Old Network » Blog Archive » Transparency trumps credentialism http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-10139 This Old Network » Blog Archive » Transparency trumps credentialism Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:06:47 +0000 http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/#comment-10139 [...] mattering when compiling ideas and opinions about a subject. I’ve said as much before - Democracy is for opinion, not for knowledge. But I strongly disagree with Larry Sanger about how those experts shall be identified and whether [...] [...] mattering when compiling ideas and opinions about a subject. I’ve said as much before – Democracy is for opinion, not for knowledge. But I strongly disagree with Larry Sanger about how those experts shall be identified and whether [...]

]]> By: This Old Network » Blog Archive » eekim, STODID podcast, and SXSW http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-7462 This Old Network » Blog Archive » eekim, STODID podcast, and SXSW Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:21:02 +0000 http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/#comment-7462 [...] thought really deeply about this, and several of his ideas are documented at his website and on his blog. PhilWindley and DavidWeinberger have also commented on his work. [...] [...] thought really deeply about this, and several of his ideas are documented at his website and on his blog. PhilWindley and DavidWeinberger have also commented on his work. [...]

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Ben Tremblay Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:42:37 +0000 http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/#comment-297 Sorry, left out the key paragraph! Anyhow, registration and representation of credibility is one of the things I would have programmed if I wasn't finding everything so clumsy. Sorry, left out the key paragraph! Anyhow, registration and representation of credibility is one of the things I would have programmed if I wasn’t finding everything so clumsy.

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Ben Tremblay Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:28:48 +0000 http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/#comment-296 Just today I was recalling how, back when, I bulled my way through a big book on assembler to write a little game for my kids. A couple of years later I used Fortran and C and QuickBasic to write a mandelbrot microscope. Similarly later I picked up Pascal for Windows for a simulator to test commodity trading heuristics. And yet again, with VisualBasic5 *blechhk!* to write an app that would generate VRML animation scripts from movement notation. And now, when I'm got a dandy bunch of projects ... I haven't written anything functional for years. C? Java servlets? PHP insecurity? JavaScript hacks? Ruby on Rails?! Mayhem. My point is that a) you're on the right track (IMNSHO), and b) it's a matter of making it effortless so that many will take part (i.e. the heavy lifting is behind the scenes). If I were coding more I would not have pulled my prototype offline two years ago. And since I'm tired of giving away the fruits of my effort I won't go into detail; it's sad to see my comparitive advantage slip away but I have to celebrate the fact that this sort of consideration is in the air. Mind: that projects are programmer-directed and ego-driven remains a taboo topic, to our collective woe. Just today I was recalling how, back when, I bulled my way through a big book on assembler to write a little game for my kids. A couple of years later I used Fortran and C and QuickBasic to write a mandelbrot microscope. Similarly later I picked up Pascal for Windows for a simulator to test commodity trading heuristics. And yet again, with VisualBasic5 *blechhk!* to write an app that would generate VRML animation scripts from movement notation. And now, when I’m got a dandy bunch of projects … I haven’t written anything functional for years. C? Java servlets? PHP insecurity? JavaScript hacks? Ruby on Rails?! Mayhem.

My point is that a) you’re on the right track (IMNSHO), and b) it’s a matter of making it effortless so that many will take part (i.e. the heavy lifting is behind the scenes).

If I were coding more I would not have pulled my prototype offline two years ago. And since I’m tired of giving away the fruits of my effort I won’t go into detail; it’s sad to see my comparitive advantage slip away but I have to celebrate the fact that this sort of consideration is in the air.

Mind: that projects are programmer-directed and ego-driven remains a taboo topic, to our collective woe.

]]> By: This Old Network » Citizendium - A study in momentum killing http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-295 This Old Network » Citizendium - A study in momentum killing Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:21:44 +0000 http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2006/09/a-democracy-is-for-opinion-not-for-knowledge/#comment-295 [...] I still stand with Clay at this point in time. It will collapse under its own administrative weight. Experts are too expensive/hard to vet in the proposed self-identified model and the experts will not play along anyways because there is not an incentive for them to play along. [...] [...] I still stand with Clay at this point in time. It will collapse under its own administrative weight. Experts are too expensive/hard to vet in the proposed self-identified model and the experts will not play along anyways because there is not an incentive for them to play along. [...]

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