Virtual Teams LO5066

Barry Mallis (bmallis@smtp.markem.com)
23 Jan 1996 08:34:28 -0500

Reply to: RE>Virtual Teams LO5048

I was very moved by Rachel's thoughts on the effect of the Internet on
those barely "up to speed" with it and other forms of technology.

Rachel asks us to "start working to manage" the introduction of these
technologies. Are we ready to simply introduce? What does introduce
mean, after all? I'm one to think that this list, as a superb example, is
the kind of stew pot we need more of. Let's grow the kitchen. Everyone
should be able to throw in their ingredients. Tasting spoons all around!
Let's continue to concoct, allowing those with special tastes or immediate
hungers to draw out what is needed while leaving the pot to simmer and
"collect itself".

Among the destroyed or dying cultures around the planet are examples of a
few, I think I have heard, who are able to synthesize the new into their
cultural stream of consciousness. Aberrations? Hope? Is selectivity
possible?

Best regards,

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Barry Mallis
bmallis@markem.com