Comment 29505

By Ted Mitchell (registered) | Posted March 12, 2009 at 13:34:31

Must admit I didn't expect this article to go in a positive direction at first. But I'm surprised Ryan didn't talk about Hamilton and the Cult of Done.

Good observation about wikipedia, how useful and accurate the incremental improvements by laypeople can be. It's participatory democracy in action.

The benefits of tapping into this vast knowledge is just obvious, so when it doesn't happen (Hamilton politics is a prime example of snuffing out participatory democracy) it is just so sad, so much wasted potential.

But Hamilton politics is also a good example of the cult of done, writ by 'elites' (referring to position, not ability!) and resisted by a few enlightened councilors and the public. If you can't do it right, it's better to stall it so it doesn't get done.

What's so fascinating about CoD is how functional and high quality it is on a wide scale, and how dysfunctional and crappy it is when applied to a few.

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