Comments on: Rules as Technology http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/30/rules-as-technology/ Towards a Cambrian Explosion in Government Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike Gibson http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/30/rules-as-technology/#comment-589 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:22:54 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=526#comment-589 Good points. Here and over on Lessig’s blog.

Thank you!

]]> By: Michael F. Martin http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/30/rules-as-technology/#comment-587 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:12:32 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=526#comment-587 “on the unlimited fruitfulness of ideas”

As suggested by some comments on the Lessig post, one has to be careful to distinguish between the non-rivalrous and non-excludable quality of ideas. Jefferson goes beyond Augustine in assuming that ideas are both. For Augustine they were excludable. Perhaps most people do not put their lamp under a bowl (Mark 4:21), but at least Jesus believed that people needed encouragement to share their ideas. Why would he have thought so if ideas were non-excludable?

What makes rules and procedures valuable is their facility of cooperation.

]]> By: Structure & Conduct http://athousandnations.com/2009/07/30/rules-as-technology/#comment-586 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:31:04 +0000 http://athousandnations.com/?p=526#comment-586 [...] Let A Thousand Nations Bloom, Mike Gibson writes a perfect sentence: …a set of rules is not subject to the constraints of [...]

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