[extropy-chat] ExI - Discussing Ideas and Debating them

[Dirk Bruere]

On 9/12/05, nvitamore at austin.rr.com <nvitamore at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Can anyone offer a suggestion about how to effectively discuss/debate 
> ideas
> on the list and within ExI virtually? Since we are scattered around the
> world, it is impossible to have a well-defined formal format.
> 
> At formal meetings we have a facilitator and an open mic where people line
> and state their points and then have audience participation. How can we
> provide an open mic, a timeframe for making a statement, and a civil
> environment on the list?
> 
> Here's an idea: We could turn the list into an Extropic Discussion/Debate
> Center for a week to a month. List members would send their topics to the
> list moderator for scheduling. A schedule would go out daily announcing
> what the topic is for the day and who the topic's lead poster is and
> everyone would have an opportunity to reply. The weekly schedule would be
> avilable at extropy.org <http://extropy.org>. There would probably need to 
> be a limit on the
> number of posts in response to the topic's lead poster. (But if we limit
> the number of posts, we could miss out on new ideas.) Or we could just do
> a blog, or we could take this to www.transcolloquium.org<http://www.transcolloquium.org>which is being
> moved to extropy.org <http://extropy.org>.
> 
> Whatever we do, we need to have as many people as possible participate, 
> not
> just the frequent list posters. We need an open environment where people
> feel free to voice their ideas and discuss them.
> 
> This is just one idea - I welcome others.
> 
> How about scrapping ExI-Chat and replacing it with:
ExI-Society
ExI-Technology
ExI-Debate
etc?

Dirk
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