User:Sj/essays/the transparent sphere

Transparent sphere
23:16, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

To further the capacity and knowledge of those who seek understanding, those who gather and refine require suitable tools. Transparent tools for sharing, assessing, trying new things. Transparent privacy and security, transparent organization and process, transparent process for balancing priority and sharing resources.

To begin with, transparent tools for correspondence, research, art.

And what here is a tool? A thing of craft, artfully designed, with gross form and function, detailed interfaces and features.

Then there are transparent norms for collaboration, critique, and development.

And there are transparent spaces for living, building, and sharing.

All of these need to be formed, explored and improved. Movements and maxims need to be tested and polished. The purest strengths and efficiencies should be compounded, that deep discoveries can be distinguished from anomalies. And above all, dedication to these causes, and the pursuit of efficiency, scale, and unity through transparency, should be recognized for its contribution to society if not for immediate gains for productivity.