[governance] Ad hoc Best Bits strategy meeting tomorrow lunchtime

[Milton L Mueller]

> There are also inherent limits what can be accomplished based on principles
> which are basically voluntary in nature.  For example, even if there were common,
> global agreement on social norms regarding unsolicited commercial email, the
> mechanisms that would be provided from an entirely techno-centric Internet
> cooperation system would be limited to various voluntary measures of increasing
> complexity, in the typical "arms race" of increasing subterfuge and improved
> detection and mitigation.  These not really a solutions at all, just a sequence of
> coping strategies which result in increasing costs and pain for the users.

Not necessarily. Most of the real mitigation of Internet problems occurs in exactly this way.
This may be a terrible way of approaching problems it is just that in 95% of the cases it is better than all the alternatives.

> Whereas, if there were a common and global agreement on acceptable social norms in
> this area (hypothetically), and given engagement of all parties (including governments),
> there likely would be far superior mechanisms available which provide a higher level of
> assurance and lower costs to users globally.

Your lack of familiarity with the broader field of policy studies may lead you to overstate the potential of collective action involving states, especially at the international level. Would you like to provide an example or two of a successful effort of this sort in a highly technical field?



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