ENVISION THIS: A system of governance where ideas are shared freely and those which inspire action in a significant number of people are acted upon.
Heather Marsh is a human rights and Internet activist and political theorist. She is the author of BINDING CHAOS, a study of methods of mass collaboration. hers is perhaps the most radical voice we have brought to you on ENVISION THIS!
Heather's stand: "If there was ever a need for political representation or a paternalistic and opaque authority it has been removed by technology. Every political system we have tried has proven incapable of protecting human rights and dignity. Every political system we have tried has devolved into oligarchy. To effect the change we require immediately, to give individuals control and responsibility, to bring regional systems under regional governance, allow global collaboration and protect the heritage of future generations, we need a new political model."
The model of governance Heather proposes gives all individuals the right to privacy and all organizations the responsibility of transparency to the public. Claiming that "Certain ideas are powerful enough to create a butterfly effect, a swarm that will not be stopped by any restraining force," she proposes STIGMERGY, where ideas are shared freely and acted upon as they inspire people. "With stigmergy, an initial idea is freely given, and the project is driven by the idea, not by a personality or group of personalities. No individual needs permission (competitive) or consensus (cooperative) to propose an idea or initiate a project. There is no need to discuss or vote on the idea. If an idea is exciting or necessary it will attract interest."
Clearly, lots of questions arise in response. Let's share the discussion of them.
The show will air tonight, 12/23/13 at 8:00 pm on Merry and Burl's Envision This! show hosted through Blog Talk Radio. To listen and if able to catch live, feel free to call with questions. The url for the show is: click here