For learning, I think that what is wanted is an "attractor" which
might be an individual but is often a community. Any authority which
supports learning is one of mastery and contribution rather than the
idea of someone with controlling power or formal authority.
Formal authority, of itself, is a detractor from learning, in my
opinion.
-- Michael McMaster : Michael@kbdworld.com web:http://www.vision-nest.com/BTBookCafe/TIA/TIAmap.html "I don't give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity but I'd die for the simplicity on the other side of complexity." attributed to Chief Justice BrandeisLearning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>