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The analogies help break it down for less technically oriented people so that they can get behind the cause as well.
by throwawayway9 6y ago
The analogies help break it down for less technically oriented people so that they can get behind the cause as well.
- bergstromm466 6y agoI believe that compassionate educational material - which would allow for diverse pedagogical 'ladders' or 'on-ramps' for people on different skill levels - on the core systemic issues/challenges we are currently facing, is a much better strategy than flimsy and inaccurate analogies. I think there is a common false belief that only technical people can understand some concepts. I believe it’s more the case that as a society we often don’t have good pedagogical tools available to us in the public domain to help people become the critical thinkers our democratic society needs them to be. I say this with the hope for a shift towards social production/Commons-based peer production, and a re-imagining of the (currently) rentier and extractive business models on digital assets, which make no sense anymore in a digital society where information is light. Design global, make local. Favorite authors on this: Aaron Swartz('s manifesto), Kevin Carson and Yochai Benkler.