[governance] Are Internet users powerless or empowered, and how?

[Norbert Bollow]

George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky at attglobal.net> wrote:

> What do you think of my suggestion to concentrate on the great 
> majority of Internet users, mostly those without domain names, and do 
> two things.  First, define their real needs to the best of our 
> ability.  Second, and only after we've done the first, discuss what 
> forms of structure, conduct and governance would best meet those 
> needs, nows and in the future?

I think that there's something fundamentally wrong with the idea
that "we" would define "their real needs".

Greetings,
Norbert.


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Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>                      http://Norbert.ch
President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG    http://SIUG.ch
Working on establishing a non-corrupt and
truly /open/ international standards organization  http://OpenISO.org
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