Building consensus online
From:
Pete Thomson
Date:
2008 Feb 07 10:06 UTC
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Forgive me if I'm being stupid, but how does Miles's third possibility *force*
discussion leading to consensus, if there is no formal authority and interest
groups don't choose to compete in the marketplace of ideas? Michael seems to
believe that the community will force the discussion to happen, it will
naturally lead to a consensus, and that will automatically influence state
power. I'd like to see some evidence of that process actually happening in
practice.