Comments on: Our Crooked Broker Society http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/our-crooked-broker-society/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Optimus http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/our-crooked-broker-society/comment-page-1/#comment-117312 Optimus Wed, 02 May 2007 20:52:02 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1135#comment-117312 Thank you very much for the response and appreciate your dealing with my pseudonym. I also hope that action springs from the motivation that information *should* bring to this issue. Thank you very much for the response and appreciate your dealing with my pseudonym. I also hope that action springs from the motivation that information *should* bring to this issue.

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/our-crooked-broker-society/comment-page-1/#comment-116688 Harold Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:00:23 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1135#comment-116688 I think that the transparency that hyperlinks and networks enable can help expose the crooked brokers, as we are doing now. However, it will take more than discussion to make changes. Our ability to communicate outside of hierarchies has helped accelerate change, as we see many stories of corruption break on the Net first and later get picked up by the mass media. There is still a need for action, though. As for rotten apples, I believe that it's more often a case of rotten barrels spoiling good apples, as I noted <a href="http://www.jarche.com/?p=1133" rel="nofollow">last week</a> I think that the transparency that hyperlinks and networks enable can help expose the crooked brokers, as we are doing now. However, it will take more than discussion to make changes. Our ability to communicate outside of hierarchies has helped accelerate change, as we see many stories of corruption break on the Net first and later get picked up by the mass media. There is still a need for action, though.

As for rotten apples, I believe that it’s more often a case of rotten barrels spoiling good apples, as I noted last week

]]> By: Optimus http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/our-crooked-broker-society/comment-page-1/#comment-116686 Optimus Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:48:00 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1135#comment-116686 I'm presently a Master's student at Northwestern University and I am presently taking a knowledge management course that has a heavy component of social network analysis. Our professor recommended your blog (and a handful of others) to learn more about KM and SNA. I work in government in my non-student life, and found this post very compelling. Do you think that the rapid information flow of online communities can help to expose the "crooked" brokers while boosting the reputations of those that actually help foster connections and create value for society? There are always bad apples to spoil the barrel - instead of completely starting over, do you think it would be wise to find, protect, and market the truly good people in broker roles and then move forward from there? I’m presently a Master’s student at Northwestern University and I am presently taking a knowledge management course that has a heavy component of social network analysis.

Our professor recommended your blog (and a handful of others) to learn more about KM and SNA.

I work in government in my non-student life, and found this post very compelling.

Do you think that the rapid information flow of online communities can help to expose the “crooked” brokers while boosting the reputations of those that actually help foster connections and create value for society?

There are always bad apples to spoil the barrel – instead of completely starting over, do you think it would be wise to find, protect, and market the truly good people in broker roles and then move forward from there?

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]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/our-crooked-broker-society/comment-page-1/#comment-115825 Harold Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:52:41 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1135#comment-115825 Stephen Downes noted today that, "Unless students are granted freedom and autonomy - which, on this picture, would allow them to employ teachers directly, without the exploiter and procurer intervening - local control would not improve the picture." That has been my message for quite a while as well. Not until all of our institutions, public and private, are truly democratic will we be a real democracy. We have a long way to go. Stephen Downes noted today that, “Unless students are granted freedom and autonomy – which, on this picture, would allow them to employ teachers directly, without the exploiter and procurer intervening – local control would not improve the picture.” That has been my message for quite a while as well. Not until all of our institutions, public and private, are truly democratic will we be a real democracy. We have a long way to go.

]]> By: Marco Polo http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/our-crooked-broker-society/comment-page-1/#comment-115815 Marco Polo Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:30:35 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1135#comment-115815 Erm, in a word, democracy! I.e. those most directly involved and affected have the main say in the decisions and the management. In my more paranoid (or lucid?) moments, I see a race is on between the "zero-sum game" folks and those who see the possibility of abundance for all. I sense the zero-sum game-thinking folks are in the minority, but they are sure as heck creating havoc for the majority just as fast as they can (leaving someone else to clean up the mess, of course). Erm, in a word, democracy! I.e. those most directly involved and affected have the main say in the decisions and the management. In my more paranoid (or lucid?) moments, I see a race is on between the “zero-sum game” folks and those who see the possibility of abundance for all. I sense the zero-sum game-thinking folks are in the minority, but they are sure as heck creating havoc for the majority just as fast as they can (leaving someone else to clean up the mess, of course).

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