[Multitude Project] Crowdsource the solution to the student tuition problem!
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When did we start to negotiate solutions to a problem?
It makes sense to me that solutions must be designed NOT negotiated. If more than one solution is proposed by different parties, we should go back to the drawing table and design a new solution by mixing elements of those that are proposed. What really makes sense is a "design by consensus" process rather than a negotiation process. The student crisis in Quebec is the manifestation of a social problem, not of a market transaction. We should all sit down and co-design a solution, not send a few individuals behind closed doors, to negotiate a deal with the government. We are NOT looking for a deal here. We are looking for a solution to a complex social problem.
We are talking about a social problem, therefore it must concern every one of us. I think most of us woke up to realize that the government's intentions and goals are not very well aligned with ours. So we should NOT trust the government to design the solution. In fact the government is part of the problem!
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We should take our future into our own hands! So let's crowdsource the solution!
For those of you who are slightly behind with p2p methods, crowdsourcing is using the crowd, a vast number of people, to gather resources and to do something. Such massive action must rely on a special infrastructure for communication, coordination and collaboration. More concretely, this process needs a virtual space where ideas are proposed by anyone and processed (discussed, compared, sorted, mixed...) by everyone, where proto-solutions are gradually shaped and compared against other proto-solutions, mixed with other proto-solutions. Note that we are only dealing with information, so in theory almost everything can be done within this virtual space, with no temporal and spatial constraints. To add energy to the process this virtual space can be paralleled with real spaces, where those who want to get involved can meet in person and interact. All the tools and methodologies already exist.
Once we have a solution that represents a social consensus we can put pressure on the government to implement it.
t!b!
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Posted By Blogger to Multitude Project at 6/01/2012 08:34:00 AM
It makes sense to me that solutions must be designed NOT negotiated. If more than one solution is proposed by different parties, we should go back to the drawing table and design a new solution by mixing elements of those that are proposed. What really makes sense is a "design by consensus" process rather than a negotiation process. The student crisis in Quebec is the manifestation of a social problem, not of a market transaction. We should all sit down and co-design a solution, not send a few individuals behind closed doors, to negotiate a deal with the government. We are NOT looking for a deal here. We are looking for a solution to a complex social problem.
We are talking about a social problem, therefore it must concern every one of us. I think most of us woke up to realize that the government's intentions and goals are not very well aligned with ours. So we should NOT trust the government to design the solution. In fact the government is part of the problem!
.jpg)
For those of you who are slightly behind with p2p methods, crowdsourcing is using the crowd, a vast number of people, to gather resources and to do something. Such massive action must rely on a special infrastructure for communication, coordination and collaboration. More concretely, this process needs a virtual space where ideas are proposed by anyone and processed (discussed, compared, sorted, mixed...) by everyone, where proto-solutions are gradually shaped and compared against other proto-solutions, mixed with other proto-solutions. Note that we are only dealing with information, so in theory almost everything can be done within this virtual space, with no temporal and spatial constraints. To add energy to the process this virtual space can be paralleled with real spaces, where those who want to get involved can meet in person and interact. All the tools and methodologies already exist.
Once we have a solution that represents a social consensus we can put pressure on the government to implement it.
t!b!
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