Re: [Ag Meinungsfindungstool] [MG] Requirements in regard to split opinion formation: Outcome A

["marc" <marc AT merkstduwas.de>]

Hi Mike,

Please don't think of competition as a fight with only negative impact - 
think of it more in a cooperate way. The tools can also influence each other 
in a positive way, instead of just dominating.

At the end there might be an evolution of all possible and thinkable 
methodologies of discussion towards the optimum of decision-making tools.

And yes, of course, some tools might die. But again this must not be seen as 
a bad thing.

With the Common Discussion Framework Standard you can easily move your 
discussion over to another tool - and no effort on those tools is lost!

Or did I get something wrong?

Cheers
Marc

-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Allan
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:18 PM
To: Start/Metagov ; AG Meinungsfindungstool
Subject: [MG] Requirements in regard to split opinion formation: Outcome A

Here is one possible outcome to the unstable situation of diagram (3).
http://metagovernment.org/pipermail/start_metagovernment.org/2012-October/005110.html


 (A.1)      ....
         ..........  M1                  ...
       ..............   ....         ..........
      .......................       ............
      ......................         ..........
       .............   ....               ..
         ..........                     ......  M2
            ...                          ......
                                           ..
                                   \\
           +-----+  +-----+         \\               //
           |     |  |     |          \\+-----+      //
           | T1  |  | T2  |           \\     |     //
           |     |  |     |            \\T3  |    //
           +-|-|-+  +-|-|-+            |\\   |   //
   +---------|-|------|-|---+          +-\\|-+  //
   |         | |      | |   |        +---|\\---//----+       +---
   |                        |        |   | \\ //     |       |
   |    S1                  |        |      \// S2   |       |
   |                        |        |      /\\      |       |
   +------------------------+        +-----//-\\-----+       +---
                                          //   \\
                                         //     \\
    M  Opinion in formation             //       \\
    T  Competing tools                 //         \\
    S  Common standards, practices,   //           \\
       databases, and so forth       //             \\
                                    //

  http://zelea.com/var/tmp-public/agm/split-opinion-A.1.txt


Rival platforms (such as S2) are simply eliminated until a single
platform is left standing.  That platform becomes the de facto
monopoly.

Personally, I don't like this outcome.  T3 could easily be Votorola
and S2 could be Outcast.  I chose to work on those, and I don't want
to be forced out of my work, or to lose my freedom of choice.  This is
where I have a personal concern with the common platform that's being
mooted by AG Meinungsfindungstool.

--
Michael Allan

Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
http://zelea.com/

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