<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everybody, since the beginning of the month, every time someone encountered an idea or subject, or image one disagreed with, the reaction has been one of outrage and dismissive withdrawal or one-liners instead of engaging with the adverse statement or object, maybe assuming that other <b>might</b> have a legitimate point of view. This is extremely unfortunate. Finally, as an outsider (not completely part of the digital world), was invited to be the guest moderator to bring "different" ideas, approaches, points of view, to a small degree, to resist the splintered echo chambers that digital world is prone to create. From the beginning, the idea was not to agree or disagree; but to engage, hoping that from that engagement new thoughts, unexpected paths of exploration may develop. <b>I THINK IT IS TIME TO DO THAT.<br><br></b></div><b>Ciao,<br>Murat</b> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:12 AM, simon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:swht@clear.net.nz" target="_blank">swht@clear.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<span class=""><br>
On 12/11/16 12:49, Murat Nemet-Nejat wrote:<br>
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That was the real message<br>
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all I really wanted to say: a porte-parole.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Simon<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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