I've started two hackerspaces. One, I helped with. The other, I really put in most of the effort behind starting initially. Starting a hackerspace isn't hard. Being a part of one is the tricky part.<br><br>I appreciate seeing Noisebridge for what it is, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I have had theories about what's best to show to the public, but at the end of the day, at a hackerspace, honesty is all you've got to protect what you've made. You're running on fumes of utilitarian motives and the hope that people won't take advantage of those motives. And if they do, it will break. Not for the whole, hopefully, because the whole is tied to the cause (by virtue of the ideals and motives that founded it), but for the raw person who has deviated from the utilitarian mean, to the extent of essentially becoming an outlier. Outliers can be positive influences, or they can be poisonous. Sometimes, they bring the "mean" away from its natural tendency with positive input and influence. Sometimes, they deviate too far, have very little pull, and their influence is poisonous. <br>
<br>Any hackerspace should understand this, and any person who understands what Noisebridge represents should, to some extent, get the gist here. It's theoretical, yes, but hackerspaces are political entities in many ways and need to stick to their roots, or risk having their entire foundation compromised. <br>
<br>It's more complicated than just keeping this conversation private to save face. It's entirely crucial that everyone be exposed to the process that protects the "utilitarian mean" I was referencing in all my theoretical cheesiness.<br>
<br>Am I off on this? Maybe. But this is how I see it. And I completely respect it. <br><br>Ashley<br><a href="http://splatspace.org">http://splatspace.org</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Jason Dusek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason.dusek@gmail.com">jason.dusek@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 01:12, Christina Olson <<a href="mailto:daravinne@gmail.com">daravinne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Man, if I had a nickel for every time someone misinterpreted "Do as thou<br>
> wilt shall be the whole of the law" I could start a WHOLE NOTHER HACKERSPACE<br>
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</div> Please offer more explanation; I am curious.<br>
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