So your no-privacy system doesn't select the best ideas, it selects the ideas with the most thick-skinned champions, which is not the same thing.
But that's just it, I don't want to "select" ideas at all! I want all of them.
Your examples are good, but to me these are not about ideas at all. What you show here is that some groups within society must make their plans privately because there exist other groups with interests opposed to their who would otherwise disrupt their activity. I'd certainly agree, but also wouldn't see that as "unnecessary privacy", particularly where illegal activity is involved.
In the more commonly encountered case of people fearing criticism is exactly what I'd like to see less of. The problem can be handled relatively easily: don't open all published material to commentary by the general public. Keep everything world readable, but allow the author to control who is able to discuss things. That way the ideas can get out, search still works, but trolls can't get in. And if someone does behave inappropriately then you know who they are so there's a degree of accountability.
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Date: 2009-03-06 11:09 am (UTC)But that's just it, I don't want to "select" ideas at all! I want all of them.
Your examples are good, but to me these are not about ideas at all. What you show here is that some groups within society must make their plans privately because there exist other groups with interests opposed to their who would otherwise disrupt their activity. I'd certainly agree, but also wouldn't see that as "unnecessary privacy", particularly where illegal activity is involved.
In the more commonly encountered case of people fearing criticism is exactly what I'd like to see less of. The problem can be handled relatively easily: don't open all published material to commentary by the general public. Keep everything world readable, but allow the author to control who is able to discuss things. That way the ideas can get out, search still works, but trolls can't get in. And if someone does behave inappropriately then you know who they are so there's a degree of accountability.