[governance] All power should be in the hands of the engineers? (was Re: HLLM in LOndon - CS reps)

[Dominique Lacroix]

It's not a question of persons. But only on a philosophical principle.
To whom must be given the final decision in networks great matters?
To representative people elected by the whole population? Or to coopted
engineers?

@+, best, Dom

Le 10/12/13 11:58, Suresh Ramasubramanian a écrit :
> If the technical community were mindless robots rather than active and valued participants in civil society... 
>
> --srs (htc one x)
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Dominique Lacroix" <dl at panamo.eu>
> To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> Subject: [governance] All power should be in the hands of the engineers? (was Re: HLLM in LOndon - CS reps)
> Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 4:21 PM
>
> Rule Nr 2: /A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings/.
>
> @+, best, Dom
>
>
> Le 10/12/13 11:43, Suresh Ramasubramanian a écrit :
>> Yes. Norbert said civil society should participate. My question was who from civil society can effectively and productively participate. 
>>
>> --srs (htc one x)
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Jean-Christophe Nothias" <jeanchristophe.nothias at gmail.com>
>> To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <suresh at hserus.net>
>> Cc: "Norbert Bollow" <nb at bollow.ch>
>> Subject: [governance] All power should be in the hands of the engineers? (was Re: HLLM in LOndon - CS reps)
>> Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 3:44 PM
>>
>> Hi Suresh,
>>
>> Sorry about that, but what do you mean? Can you elaborate a little bit? Was it humor, irony? Maybe you have a concrete idea for following up on Norbert's view - which I entirely agree with.
>>
>> Thanks for being a bit more explicit.
>>
>> JC
>>
>> [...]

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