> If that understanding is to come from somewhere, it will be from us,
> cyberneticians, who try to integrate a grasp of basic principles with
> practical use of the newest communication technologies. It was with that in
> mind, that I wanted to initiate a debate on PRNCYB-L, starting from my
> "from WWW to super-brain" proposal. I would be interested to hear the
> opinion of some people who are experienced with WWW and related
> technologies.
Well, I agree with almost everything you've written on this thread. We're
talking about spontaneous orders here, the kind of thing Hayek was
talking about, so it's difficult to say whether such things even *can* be
"controlled" from below.
Given *my* values, I don't have any problem with this. I'm not sure how
well or poorly this meshes with the values of other people on the list,
though.