Demand Side Learning

Knowledge Sharing Foundation

The concept of a knowledge sharing foundation is expressed at *<*>

This concept, as are all the concepts that have been expressed through me, is a straw man. The expression of these concepts is to get others thinking about what might be. Like sub-stratum generated language, this is something that would work, but I am neutral on whether it or some other equivalence is moved forward.

The use of something like the KSF could be directed at "bringing voices to the table". The KSF would be a means to allow new work to be given into an emerging structure in much the same way as mathematics evolved. There was never an ownership reward for mathematical innovation, and yet mathematics is arguably the most important of all human cultural artifacts. Computer science must be unowned.

The one known sub-stratum generated language specification would be a good start in creating a single structurally coherent partition of the Internet, what we called a safeNet. No porn, no spam, no advertising, no invasion of privacy.

The opposition to this is real, and so funding is not really the core issue. The core issue is that the federal government must see the need to pass laws requiring a safeNet for medical transactions, a safeNet for commerce, and a safeNet for private communications. The immediate value to America in in the trillions of dollars. The full value is in real quality of life, and is measured in many many needless deaths and suffering.

This system must be demand side in nature so that any individual using the system has the immediate knowledge of the system. This means that the demand side technology must be public domain and be fully integrated into the entire educational system. It must be owned by the People, with a trust provided to the U.S. government.

Of course, this is not socialism or anything like socialism. The safeNet would be the ground floor to the greatest achievement of mature capitalism. Like the public highway system, privately owned cars and products would move un restricted.

I disagree with the statement that sub-stratum generated language has not been founded in the great dialog of current software use. It is a remarkable piece of computer science. G. has been a good friend and champion for us at Intell Corp. But he like A.O. (DARPA) is embedded in the old system, and are trying to see how the old system may produce something that is unlike what we now have.

The old system can not give birth to a demand side computing infrastructure. This birth must come from the needs of the current social world. It must be protected from a sort of fundamentalism, a fundamentalism that demands no ownership in common by the People, and thus no protection of the people from the predation that is obvious to everyone. This is the same fundamentalism that profited so completely in the lead-up to the financial crisis.

As for me, I struggle with small matters in educational reform and in my private effort to found some process that overcomes the same fundamentalism everywhere experienced in our colleges and universities. Some assistance in this area would be helpful.