Re: [ALSC-Forum] Identifying interests

[Jeff Williams]

Esther and all stakeholders,

Esther Dyson wrote:

> not necessarily.  It is just harder to figure out. When people say they are
> speaking for their own interests, you can usually trust them - and their
> description of their own interests.

  An interesting view, Esther.  But not always true.

>
>
> When people say they are speaking for the *public* interest, it is harder
> to believe.

  Yes but no less often true.

>   But that doesn't mean it's not worth trying to define it.
>
> Esther Dyson
>
> At 00:17 12.05.01 -0700, Bruce Young wrote:
>
> >Reply to Riel Miller:
> >
> > >I thought it might be worth pointing, just briefly, that there is a fourth
> > >"interest" that you don't quite capture - it is the common or public
> > >interest that is more than just the sum of individual interests or company
> > >interests.
> >
> >Agreed.  But as I see it this is less a separate interest group and more
> >the result of consensus formed through discussion and agreement by the three
> >groups I mentioned.
> >
> >
> >Bruce Young
> >Portland, Oregon
> >byoung651@home.com
> >http://members.home.net/byoung651/index.html
>
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