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nhsingh — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:41:51 GMT

I think I will take a break from writing my book and use my resources to actually come up with these pamphlets. Hopefully my work doesn't wane like those before me in this group... anyone willing to try again? or has it already been done?

Of Herding Cats and Wikipedia

ryanpatgray — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:57:32 GMT

Someone posted in the discussions section a question about how this group should be organized. My response is below.

"OK, I was once heavily involved in my local LP and let me warn everyone of the danger of being "organized". There is a joke in libertarian circles that "Organizing libertarians is like herding cats." There is some truth to that joke. Our greatest strength is also our greatest weakness. We tend to be very individualistic by nature. In my local LP we spent so much time arguing over what "rules" there should be if any that very little of substance was accomplished. The organization recently dissolved. Let us not worry too much about being "organized" in any formal or conventional sense. I think Wikipedia is our best model. Let us work on what we know best and distribute them informally wherever we happen to live or go. Organizing can be dangerous for libertarians. I speak from experience. Friendships can even be lost over "organizing" in a formal way. Let us not let that happen to us."

In other words: as little as possible. Wikipedia showed what humans can do with the freedom to create without an oppressive bureaucracy. I think we should take the lessons learned from Wikipedia and apply them to our goal here.

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Of Herding Cats and Wikipedia