i agree with you about professionalisation and distortion.
there must be a middle way...
the collective writing and editing of LTE's has been a good thing to see, if we want more outreach this seems like a good way to go, though i can understand people wanting the firepower here harnessed to something a little more pervasive or significant, or enduring.
plus, the fact of us sneering at them for being clueless, or worse disingenuous, doesn't mean we shouldn't want to change that by becoming the change we want to see, or as mig reminds us 'we are the ones we've been waiting for'.
growth on the internet is exponential, and quality should be more important than effect. the former is at least somewhat under our control. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
Higher up, Pereulok said something interesting, among other things: Is there any "thinking network" on the web? ET could be one ... So I would suggest an organized ET to focus not only in the content, but on the creation process of the content, because that's what, I think, could give you all a window of opportunity, as it's the special feature of ET. When Procrustes looks after you, you're sure to fit in.
