ICANNWiki:"Philosophy" essay by Marc Perkel: Difference between revisions
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But - before excessive egos kick in we're not talking about being king or president of the world here. This is more like being system administrators to the world. ICANN might look at themselves as the world's IT department. And that is reflected in the multi-stakeholder model. If you have a company the admins don't tell you what to do. When the rest of the company agrees that they want some new feature then the admins make it happen. When people at the company are still arguing about what software to get and not agreeing on what they want the admins just sit back until they work it out. | But - before excessive egos kick in we're not talking about being king or president of the world here. This is more like being system administrators to the world. ICANN might look at themselves as the world's IT department. And that is reflected in the multi-stakeholder model. If you have a company the admins don't tell you what to do. When the rest of the company agrees that they want some new feature then the admins make it happen. When people at the company are still arguing about what software to get and not agreeing on what they want the admins just sit back until they work it out. | ||
=== Human Software and Human Networks === | |||
The invention of computers and computer networks has given us a new philosophical perspective on who we are as people and how we functions as a society. Computers and computer networks run on software. There is software that resides on each computer, and there is software and functionality provided by the network. Computers now have interface software built in so that the first thing they do upon being activated is to connect to the network to receive updates and reprogram itself. Some computer boot off the network and the only thing they know is how to go out and get an operating system, and some diagnostics. | |||
Humans are not unlike computers in this respect and the computer give us insight as to who we are. We are individuals, but we are also part of a network. We have evolved to the point of being so dependent on the network that we need the human network in order to survive. If an individual is isolated from the network they usually don't survive and if they do don't live a life much different than any other animal. In fact isolation is considered to be cruel and unusual punishment in some countries. | |||
One could consider one's personal behavior to be running one's personal software. But your software interfaces with the software of the society you are attached to or a member of. For example, when we drive cars we stop at red lights and we go on green lights. That's because we as asociety agreed to these rules so that people aren't killed as they drive through intersections. | |||
=== Define Human Rights === | === Define Human Rights === | ||