[Sigia-l] Hold Up a Mirror to Catch Stars

[Derek R]

> I know people have been somewhat dismissive...
> but I think this is just the beginning

I have been giving a lot of thought to this http://news.google.com
initiative -- *what* it means and *how* and *why* it came about.

The impression I have been getting is that it is a technology initiative
which *just happens* to also be beneficial the user.

This may be no great revelation, in itself, but, with respect to my
recent immersion into evangelism I believe the http://news.google.com
initiative is an excellent case-study of 'why' we absolutely *must*
throw the baby out with the bath-water, both.

Forgive the bluntness of this statement, but I aim to make it clear to
all:

The 'baby and bathwater' metaphor is so-constructed as to remind us that
technology/solutions are inseparable from the benefactor of said
technology/solutions for which they are meant -- so that -- to alter one
side of the equation inevitably alters the other. The wisdom here is to
be aware of the cause-and-effect relationship (disparate parts).

However, one can imagine a technology/solution which does not require
dependence on a cause-and-effect relationship (parts) -- namely --
orientation to 'perfection' or 'adequateness,' (that which is the same
as everything else can be neither the cause or effect of anything, being
all-the-same). We can call this an expectation of 'better.'

'Better,' as one can imagine, is imaginable. However, its only
imaginable characteristic is that of quality -- 'x + 1' -- namely being
in the condition of 'more' quality than something of 'lesser' quality.
The idea of 'better' is an **undefined** goal whose prime attribute is
existing in an *unfinished* state (think iterations). So 'better,' then,
is more of an *implied direction* than a concrete conception (or
assumption). 'Better,' then, frees us from many concrete obstacles and
problems.

To put this more evenly --> IF we as individuals, groups and
organizations alike commit ourselves to the attainment of the
unattainable (or the concretely unimaginable -- the immeasurable), we
*necessarily* and *indefinitely* extend ourselves in order to achieve.
Through this extension, we find the means necessary not to go anywhere
in particular, but, in effect, to make the destination disappear (or its
rather its relevance) so that attainment *is* the destination -- itself
unfixed, undefined, and obstacle-free.


I know that sounds a lot like inflatory twaddle, but I believe the very
essence of this is being demonstrated by http://news.google.com (or,
rather, the essence *is* being!)

To me it points to a fundamental shift in our *perception* abilities and
a simple sign of IT Maturity -- like being able to spell one's own name,
or learning to tie-your-shoes. It is not surprising to me that 'crisis'
plays a role in this about. 

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