<div dir="ltr">I was thinking more about "aggregated collaboration" and its effects rather than about misinformation. How to find a point of balance that encourages the "stone soup" <a href="http://www.stonesoup.com/the-original-stone-soup-story/">http://www.stonesoup.com/the-original-stone-soup-story/</a> while discouraging too many cooks from spoiling the broth (an English proverb - see <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/too_many_cooks_spoil_the_broth">http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/too_many_cooks_spoil_the_broth</a> .)<div style>
Stone soup begins from nothing - a pan of water and a stone; the broth already exists when it risks being spoiled. In the end everyone who contributed will share the stone soup; the cooks are not planning to drink the broth, only to have power over its making and praise for the flavour of the final product.</div>
<div style>Certainly there needs to be a wider awareness that collaboration, even with very positive motivation, can also have negative results. </div><div style>Deirdre</div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 April 2013 20:55, Ian Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Interesting article, Deirdre.</div>
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<div>I guess the primary question is whether the right to provide misinformation
should belong only to Murdoch, licensed media and shock jocks or whether it
should be available to all of us. The instances above and many others were also
carried by some mainstream media during this particular crisis and there are of
course many other examples where we jump to conclusions – and to retaliation -
based on misinformation. Iraq wars come to mind...and they are probably as old
as McCarthyism and even Middle Ages witch burning and Inquisitions.</div>
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<div>I don’t know how we improve critical thinking faculties in human behaviour.
They were lacking before the Internet as well of course. I don’t think the
Internet or social media either aid or abet this deep seated fear based flaw in
human thinking and subsequent behaviour.</div>
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<div>Ian Peter</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="williams.deirdre@gmail.com" href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank">Deirdre Williams</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:25 AM</div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [governance] Another view of Social Media and
Multistakeholderism??</div></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22214511" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22214511</a>
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<div> </div>-- <br>“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but
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