[governance] Internet as a commons/ public good

Chaitanya Dhareshwar chaitanyabd at gmail.com
Fri Apr 26 08:07:29 EDT 2013


Too good: "There has got to be another way , but for the life of me I can't
seem to define it."

You missed out "Status-Quo"ists, people...  :P

-C


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Good questions.
>
> Even an old one like me isn't sure.
>
> I think one Rooters are people that believe in, above all (almost,) that
> the Internet must have a single unique root otherwise it will fail.
>
> I think Third Worldist might be defined as people who beleive that the
> Third World countries/people, for some definition of Third World, are being
> denied access to the Internet because of the action of coorporate greed.
>  Or something like that.
>
> As for the other two that I asked about.  I made those up, but if we are
> creating categories to drop people into, I felt we needed more categories.
>
> 2nd Wayist would be those who beleive that for just about any oppositional
> situation, there is another way to look at it, even though they may not
> know what it is yet.
>
> and
>
> 4th Optionists, after the 1 Rooters, the 2nd Wayeist, the 3rd Worders,
> they are people who would think they know the option that moves beyond the
> other 3.
>
> In this categorization, if we all had to move to our corner of the room, I
> would be a 2nd Wayist.  There has got to be another way , but for the life
> of me I can't seem to define it.
>
> avri
>
>
>
> On 26 Apr 2013, at 06:42, Chaitanya Dhareshwar wrote:
>
> > Anyone want to explain (briefly) this jargon for the noobs? (like me)
> >
> > -C
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Avri Doria <avri at ella.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 26 Apr 2013, at 03:16, Riaz K Tayob wrote:
> >
> > > Third Worldists
> >
> >
> > don't think I am one of those either.
> > not sure i know what it is.
> >
> > are Third Worldists and One Rooters in opposition?
> > Can someone explain that?
> >
> > do we have any 2nd Wayist
> > or 4th Optionists in the mix?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > avri
> >
> >
> >
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