Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Summary of Stephen Downes Blog

Stephen Downes Blog

Stephen Downes' blog shows his ideas on the question of how do we make thigns flow? According to Downes, we dont make thing flow, but rather we find something flowing already and go with it. He believes that we cant make things happen by directing the outcome through managment ( what he calls the management fallacy), but rather the outcome is already emergent and we simply help the process along. The web is like the wave, you ride it, you ride with it and go where it takes you, you cant direct the wave. Downes finally though is that the flow will finally occur when we stop trying to make it happen in others and let it happen in ourselves.

Stephen's Podcast
Whilst it is possible to read most of stephen Downe's work, for those of you who are aural learners, this podcast will help you understand his topic much more easily than reading a posting or essay.



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