It seems that many people here, despite
being involved in the Linux world and seen
how Linux became successful, want to adopt
a sociological system which only works for
agricultural/industrial type of society
and does _not_ work in a social order where
all social demarcations are in the process
of being broken up with the advent of the
Internet.
You look at all the Linux communities worldwide,
and you will see that there are no formally
appointed leaders. Before I even suggested the
site, I quoted the Darwinist propaganda, "life
will find a way". It seems that I have
overestimated this group's knowledge on Darwinism,
evolution and natural selection. What I have been
saying is what Rhandeev has just told you in very
simple and direct terms, a leader will _evolve_ out
eventually, in several areas. It is best that for
a social order that Linux seems to be moving towards,
we better let a leader evolve by itself, and at best,
naturally and non officially.
_TRUST_ us, we have seen hacker communities fell to
internal political strife. Once you form a leader formally,
I assure you for sure that the portal will collapse
immediately. Linux itself is one good example of a
successful "leaderless" developmental project, if some
of your religious devotion to Linux is so strong, why don't
you follow the model that makes Linux so successful and
apply it to the Portal?
ps : and to Chin Qui, yes, I am reading Wealth of
Nations now, and I must say that you are missing the
point completely. Adam Smith might not be completely
correct in today's context, but his ideas on division
of labour as the modus operandi of synergistic
economy still hold, and contradict Rhandeev's puny little
taunt for me to "refine my own metals".
And even if Wealth of Nations no longer makes any sense
now, it still serves as a piece of literature which marks
an important point in our history of social evolution and
academic thought.
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'The pursuit of truth, when it is whole hearted, must ignore moral
considerations; one cannot know in advance that the truth will turn out to
be what is thought edifying in a given society.'
- Bertrand Russell, "A History of Western Philosophy"
