Learning Beyond the Paradigm LO4201

Andrew Moreno (amoreno@broken.ranch.org)
Tue, 12 Dec 1995 05:06:30 -0800 (PST)

Replying to LO4199 --

On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Andrew Moreno wrote:

> I naively went into business with a sugar-coated attitude thinking that
> all would be fine when I started my business, that all I needed to succeed
> was a business plan, partners, an idea, spreadsheets, a computer, a car,
> etc.

> Part of my job, as long
> as I can tolerate it, is to teach them how, indirectly, so that they think
> that they gained those insights themselves and so that we can create
> something sustainable.

I read this message over and I thought I should clarify some things.

By "business," I mean any sort of interaction between myself and other
people.

Some of you may think what I'm doing is a bit manipulative, but these
types of safeguards abound on the Internet and they are a necessary part
of functioning on the Internet.

A good example is a moderator of a listserv or a newsgroup. How did a
moderator come to exist? Did someone say to some people, "you are a
moderator now, you do this." I don't think so, I think that over time,
people found that having a moderator in place kept things in balance.

Richard Karash has been a great moderator of this listserv. He has told
me a lot of times to take certain messages one-on-one or that certain
messages weren't appropriate. He helps keep the quality of the list high
and he's very diplomatic about it.

The reason I have to do things indirectly is that usually people don't
like being told directly what to do. They don't want to be coached,
coddled, etc. So it's either do what I have to do indirectly or leave
them alone meaning stopping all contact with them.

Andrew Moreno

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Andrew Moreno <amoreno@broken.ranch.org>