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the contrary – there is this statement by Jiang Zemin, describing the process
of building a society: “A learning society in which all people will learn
or even pursue life-long education will emerge to boost their all-round
development” – it could be achieved by re-defining of vertical structures,
decision and policy making mechanisms, “permanent” positions and the
aggregation of power, which do restrain faster development in the educational
systems worldwide for quite some time. “Horizontal” way of organizational
structures hypothetically does not suffer from such a danger, but
only if the two conditions are met: the protocols already underestimated,
embedded in the social structure of individuals (where the issues of social
values and education arise) and constant communication, which, among
other roles, serves as the support for the different system of reference. If
those conditions are not fulfilled, top-down system wins hands-down :-)
Just remember all those movies where a few of the robocops from some
special forces or the group of trained terrorists crush into a building or a
plane, and take over the control of hundreds of people… The privilege of
being in the tactical (as opposed to “strategical”) position is that it allows
any weapon at hand to be used, and whatever happens does not go under
“Geneva Convention” rules. There are attempts to explore if some of the
heritage of neo-liberalism can be recycled, appropriated and temporarily
used to build transitional or evolutionary theories and practices. I would
not bring any opinion on if this could be considered as taking part in existing
rather then introducing new practices. An excerpt from “A Democracy
of Groups” by Beth Simone Noveck:
“In groups people can accomplish what they cannot do alone. Now new
visual and social technologies are making it possible for people to make
decisions and solve complex problems collectively. These technologies are
enabling groups not only to create community but also to wield power and
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