maybe the problem is we're not being patient enough. i don't think ET has to grow, for example, as much as most here seems to want, or even to have an effect on policy. it's fun to think about, but i believe, were it ever to happen, it would be serendipitous as much as structured, and would happen when the 'masses' are ready, not just when a bunch of us thought we were.
As you say, there is no reason why ET has to grow, and many might well prefer it as it is. Most diaries quickly get lost in the Maelstrom that is a bigger site like DKos.
However if we DO want to become a bigger and more influential site, that won't simply happen -it will require a lot of focussed effort to make it happen. And it won't necessarily happen to us - but perhaps to one of many other sites out there, or one driven by a much more business like model. "It's a mystery to me - the game commences, For the usual fee - plus expenses, Confidential information - it's in my diary..."
sez you!
i would have put the word IF in caps.
no-one here would mind if ET grew to be the FT of the new millennium, probably, but i wonder if polled, whether size matters that much to ET'ers.
i don't think its the size of the stone david threw, as much as the accuracy... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
I agree that the accuracy was vital, however the stone did kill Goliath and i doubt that many stones much smaller than, say, 2cm would have accomplished the task. ET may have the requisite size but lack the visibility. Or it may require both more size and visibility. I don't know.
In any case, melo, I enjoy your posts. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
i don't worry about ET growing, hasn't it grown well so far?
i'm concerned about over-reach, if anything, not because we wouldnìt do some good, but because it would be depressing if it didn't.
wu-wei..letting it be what it without reshaping it seems the wisest course to me. of course if people feel differently, that makes it more, not less interesting.
there's a lot of smarts here, and the agenda seems right on track for a better world. whether the world id listening deoendes more on where peoples' heads are at, rather than how persuasive we can make our model, image, whatever.
i guess i believe more in pull than push, i dunno. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
