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Re: Ecothinking As A Mindset To Drive the Asia-Pacific Internet
Friends,
Please see my email to Paul below on the cause-effect chain to drive the
minds ecosystem (aka Internet) in Asia. Would any of you be psychable into
moving a coalition to do the first steps on this?
cheers../bala
bala@apic.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Wilson <pwilson@apnic.net>
To: <bala@apic.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:30 AM
Subject: RE: [APNIC #191851] Re: Hi Paul: Ecothinking As A Mindset To Drive
the Asia-Pacific Internet
> Dear Bala
>
> I'm sorry I did not respond.
>
> I'm afraid this is not something that APNIC could take on under our
> current role and responsibilities. APNIC is membership-based and
> membership-funded and we have a clear set of activities and functions;
> while the APNIC Executive Council does take on new activities from time
> to time in an incremental fashion, I do not see them taking such a major
> leap as you propose.
>
> However, if you wish to directly test the interest APNIC's members and
> wider community, you could certainly send your ideas to the apnic-talk
> mailing list and invite readers to participate in the discussion. There
> are other possible forums you could use, such as the PAN (Pan Asia
> Networking) mailing list hosted by IDRC.
>
> That's about all I can suggest for now.
>
> All the best,
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC <dg@apnic.net>
> http://www.apnic.net ph/fx +61 7 3858 3100/99
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bala Pillai (Sydney) via RT [mailto:dg@apnic.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:42 PM
> > Subject: [APNIC #191851] Re: Hi Paul: Ecothinking As A
> > Mindset To Drive the Asia-Pacific Internet
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <URL: http://rt.apnic.net/Ticket/Display.html?id=191851 >
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > Your reply to below might have gone astray. Can I request you
> > to resend it?
> >
> > cheers../bala
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bala Pillai (Sydney)
> > To: dg@apnic.net
> > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 9:48 AM
> > Subject: Hi Paul: Ecothinking As A Mindset To Drive the
> > Asia-Pacific Internet
> >
> >
> > Dear Paul,
> >
> > Am thinking aloud. To drive the Asia-Pacific technical
> > infrastructure, we need to get lots more use of the Internet
> > happening in Asia. To drive that we need to awaken minds that
> > are still reeling in the aftermath of the Dot Com Bomb.
> >
> > To awaken minds, we need to accord priority to how more go
> > about figuring out how to extract returns for the resourcing
> > of mindset changes in favour of the minds ecosystem (aka
> > Internet) in Asia.
> >
> > To get more to do that, we need to move lots more minds away
> > from malaise into filling needs and finding solutions.
> >
> > Would APNIC, be interested in working with me in
> > co-resourcing and organising a consortium to evangelise
> > Ecosystems Thinking? Perhaps you can think of other super
> > open-mindeds in the Asia Pacific for us to coalesce the
> > catalysis group quickly.
> >
> > Below's what I mean. It is an essay that needs some
> > reflection on, so you might want to print and read it :-)
> >
> > cheers../bala
> > Bala Pillai
> > bala@apic.net
> >
> > Ecosystems Thinking For The Minds Ecosystem
> > By Bala Pillai
> > June 9 2002, Sydney
> >
> > "Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing
> > toward what will be."
> > -Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of Sand on the Shore"
> >
> >
> > Each of us can see only up to a certain big picture
> > cause-effect level. To
> > see cause-effect beyond that big picture level, one has to
> > think and reflect
> > deeply or be attentive and be able to ask questions of one
> > who does. As
> > well, one has to interact with unlike minds, for the very existence of
> > greater pictures to be sparked.
> >
> >
> > Ecosystems thinking has us to look at some of the biggest
> > pictures possible.
> > The small picture-big picture continuum is best imagined by its
> > representation, concentric spheres.
> >
> > Concentric spheres in turn are best recalled by their two-dimensional
> > equivalents, concentric circles -- yes, those reverberating
> > circles you see
> > when you throw a stone into a pond. You may see 20 concentric circles.
> >
> > Average man only sees with his eyes and he tends to believe
> > that his eyes cannot belie him. He is wrong. What you see is *not* the
> > truth, though it may be. For example, if you understood a
> > tree by what you
> > see, you will understand wrongly, because you cannot see the
> > photosynthesis
> > process. Neither can you see the crown roots. The most
> > important parts of
> > the tree, are hidden to the naked eye.
> >
> > If you trust your eyes fully, you are seeing the smallest
> > concentric sphere.
> > It will not occur to you that much of what happens in this concentric
> > sphere, is caused by a sphere one size larger. And much of
> > what happens in
> > the one size larger sphere was caused by a sphere yet another
> > size larger.
> > This goes on and on.
> >
> > Why is ecosystems thinking crucial today?
> >
> > Let us take the Internet. It is really an emerging ecosystem
> > of human minds that combines those on the Net and those off
> > (with wired human bridges).
> >
> > It is working best where minds share a similar ethos -- where
> > minds have
> > common references to build trust and relationships off.
> >
> > When the ecosystem is more complete, it will thrive lots more
> > than it is
> > thriving today. Some questions you may ask are:-
> >
> > (a) Why is the ecosystem of minds on the Internet not working
> > perfectly?
> >
> > (b) What components are missing?
> >
> > (c) What processes are missing?
> >
> > (d) What components or processes are already there, but are
> > not understood
> > well or not accorded the priority they deserve?
> >
> > The answers to these are best found in paralleling Nature's
> > ecosystem to
> > that of what the ecosystem of minds should have viz (a) to
> > (d) when it is
> > much
> > closer to the completeness of Nature's ecosystem, than it is now.
> >
> > For example, let us for argument sake, say that there are (i)
> > 300 components
> > and (ii) 200 processes in Nature's ecosystem. We know that one of the
> > topmost processes in Nature is photosynthesis. Yet another
> > topmost one is
> > symbiosis.
> >
> > Question: What are the equivalents of photosynthesis and
> > symbiosis in the
> > minds ecosystem? What are the hurdles to them forming? What
> > returns are
> > there if these hurdles are removed? What ingredients are
> > needed to remove
> > these hurdles and to forge these processes?
> >
> > Why is photosynthesis important? It is at the bottom of the
> > food chain. It
> > is the process by which trees and plants obtain resources to
> > start the whole
> > food chain.
> >
> > Now ask, what is the equivalent of photosynthesis in the
> > ecosystem of minds
> > on the Internet? What is the most significant source of resources for
> > significant new Internet ventures? In the West, it is
> > passionbits including
> > Open Source and venture capital. How about your ethos' space?
> >
> > What are the parallels to the other 300 components and 198
> > processes in
> > Nature's ecosystem, in your minds ecosystem?
> >
> > Would trust between participants be one? Would more
> > intensive networking
> > between minds be another? Would networking between
> > complementary folks, as
> > in Nature, make it more worthwhile? How can complementariness
> > be revealed
> > easier? Would a database of profiles that is shared by
> > participants be a
> > way?
> >
> > Would a rating on each of the 6Rs be one?
> >
> > [6Rs = resourcefulness, responsibility, responsiveness, reliability,
> > rapport-building, risk-taking]
> >
> > How do we rate the 6Rs? Can we experiment with some of the
> > models currently
> > used in psychological testing, while we find better ways?
> >
> > Is interaction a precusor to trust building? How do we
> > increase interaction?
> > What are the key ingredients of interaction, that make it a
> > precursor to
> > trust building? Would the sense of "presence" when we see each other
> > face-to-face, be one? How do we recreate this in the minds
> > ecosystem? Can we
> > go some way through the sense of presence in Instant
> > Messaging and Webcams?
> >
> > Of these which is of a higher priority than another? Why?
> >
> > The solving of all these needs are income opportunities for
> > minds in your
> > ethos space.
> >
> > The unearthing of other whitespace, unfilled space in your
> > minds ecosystem,
> > will show up all the other opportunities.
> >
> > And that comes from ecosystems thinking. That is why
> > ecosystems thinking is
> > important.
> >
> >
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> > bala@apic.net Thanks)
> >
> >
> > cheers../bala
> > bala@apic.net
> > Founder, The Asia Pacific Internet Company <http://www.apic.net>
> > Networking Minds in Halls Without Walls Since 1995
> > Sydney, Australia
> >
> >
>
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