Re: [ga] Re: ICANN as a Governing Body

[Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> I fail to see the difference at an abstract level between ICANN and the
> game theory you propose; ICANN *is* an attempt at "A game theory approach
> whereby we all co-operate for the good of the whole". It is just that we
> are ruinously bad at playing this game.
> 
> We have seen the enemy, and he is us.

The enemy is within... but who exactly is the "us"
Harald?

>From the speech of Athenagoras to his fellow
Syracusans in Book VI of The Peloponnesian War by
Thucydides:

<snip>"What fools you are!  In fact the stupidest
of the Hellenes I know, if you do not realize that
your aims are evil, and the biggest criminals if
you do realize this and still have the face to
proceed with them.  But there is still time for
you, if not to repent, at any rate to become
instructed in wisdom and to promote the interests
of the country, which are shared by all of us. 
Reflect that in the country's prosperity the men
of merit in your ranks will have a share and a
larger share than the great mass of your fellow
countrymen, but that if you have other designs you
run a risk of being deprived of all; and desist
from reports like these, as the people know your
object and will not put up with it."
<snip>

I thought I'd break the monotony somewhat...
Eric's not the only amateur historian.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos
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