ICANNWiki:"Philosophy" essay by Marc Perkel: Difference between revisions
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Like a lottery winner ICANN has to claim its prize or the jackpot will move onto the next drawing which mat be far less suited than ICANN is. Would we want the United Nations taking over the Internet? Or would we rather have a world wide oligarchy form that will dominate humanity where we will be controlled by warring corporations and rich ideologues fighting for personal power? Or will the machines evolve into life forms and kill off all the biology and move out into space to conquer the universe? | Like a lottery winner ICANN has to claim its prize or the jackpot will move onto the next drawing which mat be far less suited than ICANN is. Would we want the United Nations taking over the Internet? Or would we rather have a world wide oligarchy form that will dominate humanity where we will be controlled by warring corporations and rich ideologues fighting for personal power? Or will the machines evolve into life forms and kill off all the biology and move out into space to conquer the universe? | ||
It is our turn. We can choose to pick up the ball and run with it or we can sit back and hope someone else do it at a later time when it is harder because bad things might be more entrenched. | |||
Another analogy, perhaps better, is that a plane has crashed and ICANN has the seat next to the escape hatch and because we are sitting there it is our duty to open the door and assist everyone in exiting the plane in 90 seconds before the plane burns everyone up. The sooner we get started the more likely the results will be better. | |||
So - we won the lottery. Are we going to go claim the prize or leave the money on the table? I say - let's go for it! | |||
=== Right Relationship with Reality === | === Right Relationship with Reality === | ||