[Lnc-business] Socializing thru servers?

[Scott L.]

Mr. Katz:

There is no question that in-person meetings are far, far, better than
"videoconferences."

Considering that many of our members already think the National Libertarian
Party does not provide any added value to their state LP affiliates, why
would we want to risk making our Board meetings less effective than they
currently are?

 
http://www.wired.com/2011/08/can-online-social-networks-replace-real-sociali
zing/

"After analyzing more than 35,000 different peer-reviewed papers and mapping
the location of every co-author, he found that scientists located closer
together produced papers of significantly higher quality, at least as
measured by the number of subsequent citations. In fact, the best research
was consistently done when scientists were working within roughly 30 feet of
each other-that is, when they didn't need to interact via screens.

This doesn't mean that we should stop socializing on the web. But it does
suggest that we reconsider the purpose of our online networks. For too long,
we've imagined technology as a potential substitute for our analog life, as
if the phone or Google+ might let us avoid the hassle of getting together in
person.

But that won't happen anytime soon: There is simply too much value in
face-to-face contact, in all the body language and implicit information that
doesn't translate to the Internet"

   [I added the boldface font to those two sentences - they were not
boldface in the original - Scott L.]

 

     Scott Lieberman

 

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"Following our SCC meetings, in CT we used to spend 2-3 hours standing in
the parking lot, socializing and talking informally.  When we went to
quarterly in-person meetings and monthly videoconference, I pointed out that
"online there is no parking lot."  I proposed two remedies, and will leave
it to you to decide which is more reasonable.  The first is to keep the
conference going, with people coming and going as they please, and talk
informally.  The second was for everyone to form a Second Life account and,
after our meetings, log on there and find a parking lot to hang out in.
(I'm a vampire, by the way.  My name is Godelfan if you're ever looking for
me there.)  The former idea was adopted.  

 

      Joshua A. Katz"

 

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