[governance] Another view of Social Media and Multistakeholderism??

[Deirdre Williams]

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" http://www.stonesoup.com/the-original-stone-soup-story/ while
discouraging too many cooks from spoiling the broth (an English proverb -
see http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/too_many_cooks_spoil_the_broth .)
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.
Certainly there needs to be a wider awareness that collaboration, even with
very positive motivation, can also have negative results.
Deirdre



On 20 April 2013 20:55, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

>   Interesting article, Deirdre.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Ian Peter
>
>  *From:* Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:25 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> *Subject:* [governance] Another view of Social Media and
> Multistakeholderism??
>
>  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22214511
> Deirdre
>
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> Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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