[p2p-research] self-learning art school

[Kevin Carson]

On 4/25/10, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've backed off somewhat writing for the blog because I feel my opinions are
> often outliers for how many of our associates feel.  I am more capitalist,
> more pro-American, more pro-management and often dystopian in terms of my
> futurism where more anarchist and utopian socialist threads lead.
>
> Whether I am neoliberal, etc. is a set of labels I'll let others apply.  I
> seem myself as a pragmatic progressive with a leaning toward transhumanism.
> In US terms, I am a centrist Democrat.
>
> If anyone has a problem with my writing being perceived as representative, I
> am happy to continue on as I am now leaving the leadership to be more
> Euro-green/leftist...with my being the grouch in the gallery.
>
> I will draft something in this area as Kevin suggests...but I invite anyone
> to suggest to Michel that my views should be "limited" in terms of the
> Foundation and any functionality a blog or two could have as being
> representative.  I take no offense at that.  As Michel has amply said, not
> all groups can reflect all people all the time.

I would certainly suggest nothing of the sort.  If your views are
softer on IP than the "typical" member of the P2P/OS community,
they're entirely consistent with a broad understanding of the
movement's values and are no doubt shared by many.  You've made
well-argued and provocative cases for how open-source will evolve
within capitalism through competitive superiority even if IP is
respected.   We've both stated our areas of disagreement quite
forcefully, but also civilly I hope.

And on networked/open education initiatives, you're pretty much the
on-list specialist.

I hope there's no party line here.

-- 
Kevin Carson
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