ICANNWiki:"Philosophy" essay by Marc Perkel: Difference between revisions
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I can see the same thing happening here. ICANN already has a world wide infrastructure and is way ahead of the United Nations or any other entity on the planet and might act as the seed where the crystal grows. In fact we can make it that seed by creating the right kind of infrastructure where the future is a place where humanity can thrive and prosper. ICANN already accepts that it's role is for the Global Public Good which is the right goal to have. All we have to do is build out on that idea and actually define what the Global Public Good is using objective testable standards. And how hard could that be? | I can see the same thing happening here. ICANN already has a world wide infrastructure and is way ahead of the United Nations or any other entity on the planet and might act as the seed where the crystal grows. In fact we can make it that seed by creating the right kind of infrastructure where the future is a place where humanity can thrive and prosper. ICANN already accepts that it's role is for the Global Public Good which is the right goal to have. All we have to do is build out on that idea and actually define what the Global Public Good is using objective testable standards. And how hard could that be? | ||
The important point here is that we may be at the nexus of an extremely important point in human evolution where taking the right initiative could determine the course of human evolution. We might have a unique opportunity to put humanity on the right path to the future and if this is so - should we not take it on? | |||
=== What is Humanity and what makes us different? === | === What is Humanity and what makes us different? === | ||