Posted by Ron de Weijze on December 25, 1999 at 10:58:02:

In Reply to: Future KM: managing objects or cultivating intelligence posted by Denham on December 19, 1999 at 12:56:39:

Hi Denham,

Yes that is what I meant. However, I must disagree with your emphasizing the social more than the physical reality. Surely the physical often tries to get rid of the social, because it hinders, is fuzzy, is subjective and it can hardly be quantified. Now that even the physical-mechanical world gets ever more complex and virtual, we naturally revisit the social and personal realms as primary means of production. We are surprised that this means of production is immaterial as opposed to what we were taught about these means.

I believe we must be careful with that ax. The social, personal and virtual world may be immaterial, that does not mean it is harmless. Far from it! I will not reiterate the old tutelage that children, and why not adults, must be protected from the big bad world. My aim is something different. The harm is in closed morality (ref. Bergson). It is OK to have morality, culture, norms and values, ethics, rules and regulations. But it is NOT OK to exclude or discriminate, which is inherent to it.

This must be the Christmas spirit. But be ware..

Happy days to everyone.
Ron.

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