I too embrace John Hopkins' reminder of the sanctity of meatiness, whose
meaning is mutuality. Although John Bell's reminder that meaty
mutuality can mean ignorant tribalism is very important too. Which,
again, is precisely why it is so important that embodied wisdom be
blended with the the wisdom of the global village. <br>
<br>For the apparent antagonism of f2f vs. online actually misses the point, which is that the most potent DIY formulation in the 21st century is precisely one that marries and bridges these two dialogical systems. f2f experiences giving rise to digital conversations giving rise to more f2f experiences giving rise to more digital conversations. <br>
<br>Yet the monological monkey in the middle is OS2, or literate culture -
i.e. 'school' - which is not about p2p conversations but about
hierarchies of fixed facts. And what I have not been able to wrap my head around is how to bridge oral and digital cultures without alienating and antagonizing people who are loyal to literate culture. For I know that some of you who are professors find the dialogical values and epistemologies of OS1 (oral) and OS3 (digital) cultures inherently objectionable even though collectively you represent the most adventurous and sympathetic thinkers in the OS2 world. But I don't see any other way out of this eco-crisis, which, like it or not, is largely being driven forward by extremely educated people. Whereas what we need much more of is earth wisdom, commonly found among 'uneducated' oral people, and bridges to port that wisdom into our digital world, where - I hope - OS3's hyper-efficiency can apply it to sustainably reorder our unsustainable OS2 systems as ruthlessly (and much more rapidly) as literate culture overran and reordered oral ways of being. <br>
<br>John S<br>--<br><a href="http://www.youareyourmedia.com">www.youareyourmedia.com</a><br>