Getting together -
(here in
the Blue Room Cafe at Harbin, with its new, green chairs, and
transparent, glass, circular, bubble tables) -
a new blog entry
vis-a-vis Google's “Don't Be Evil” motto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil) in digital spheres, and
progressive, Quakerly, (very) democratic World University and School.
(Need to add the primary color yellow, and I renamed the cafe “Blue
Room Cafe with Green chairs” or the “Blue Green Room Cafe” I
said to Amethyst, who is great, as we spoke a little).
I admire Google's
information technology innovations and good software that are
oriented toward the public good, much of which is free and works well
(seemingly in contrast to many other companies' products, where the
profit motive seems to cloud significantly benefitting the people
that purchase their goods), and Google is a profitable,
('advertising,' curiously) company. As a consequence of Google's “Do
No Evil” approach, I generally trust that Google employees, or
non-employees' people in the Google network, for example, won't get
into my Google accounts and delete or change things remotely, harming
my information technologies in the process. And similarly I generally
trust that Google won't get into my computer's hard drive remotely and
change things, for example, and cut off my internet access, as
appeared to happen just yesterday.
To rif with Google's
philosophy of “Do No Evil,” I'd like to inform World University
and School's organization, and information technologies, with the
philosophy of “Do Good, Do Great, Do Love, - Information
Technologically” both a little nontheistically f/Friendly/Quaker
informed (as ethos, discourse, culture and discernment process) as
well as evolutionarily biologically (as human primates for example). But at this time in history, as
a MIT OCW-centric, online, free, startup university, planned for all
languages and countries, with no employees or staff, WUaS, as I see
it (as its founder), is progressive and Quakerly, democratic process - "of a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives" from the Apple dictionary,
engaging a Friendly-informed meeting for business process, but
nontheistically, where WUaS business meetings' openness to WUaS community participation worldwide welcomes voices and ideas of all people involved with WUaS. The locus of decision-making, and by extension governance, is the WUaS monthly business meeting, with an invitation to participate.
In a recent, Quaker magazine
I received in the mail - “Western Friend: Plain Speech and Spirit
in the West,” March/April 2013 - entitled “On Power,” the back
cover has a note which reads:
“Notes on Quaker Culture
Inspired by Diana Forsythe
(1997)
When reaching decisions in a
Meeting for Business, Friends shun consensus (a secular decision,
usually comprising the common acceptable part of the opinions brought
by those present). Rather, Friends seek the unity which is the result
of spiritual discernment of God's leading for the group, often an
unexpected decision transcending the opinions brought by those
present.”
As a nontheist f/Friend
myself (and founder of WUaS), and with questions/doubts/scepticism
about the word 'spirit,' yet with secular World University and School
engaging f/Friendly monthly meeting for business (now in Google +
group video hangouts, and formerly in Free Conference Call), and
scalable, Quaker process in general, adapted for colleges and
universities (WUaS hasn't begun to learn from Haverford, Swarthmore
and Earlham, for example, about Quaker process at the university
level), WUaS engages a decision-making process which seeks a kind of
unity, nontheistically and friendly informed, and which is radically
democratic, everyone having a voice, since welcoming, WUaS monthly
business meetings are open to all (2nd Saturdays of the
month at 9 am PT - simply email to participate - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com), and now mediated electronically and information
technologically.
How
to participate in WUaS monthly business meeting
WUaS is LAUNCHED, in English
World University and
School's philosophy, or informal motto:
“Do Good, Do Great, Do Care, - Information
Technologically” or
“Do Good, Do Great, Do Love, - Information
Technologically”
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