tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post114262057887985862..comments2023-09-15T09:56:16.253-03:00Comments on Composing: Composinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-1142628557468140982006-03-17T17:49:00.000-03:002006-03-17T17:49:00.000-03:00You find the most interesting discussions Phil!I s...You find the most interesting discussions Phil!<BR/><BR/>I see a similarity in what you say in re economic and social capital and differnet balances struck and your take on "tools vs. formats" in your discussion with Danny Ayers.<BR/><BR/>You note in your comment to Ayers: <BR/><BR/>"A format without a tool is like a technology without a business model. It has no interface to the wider, user, consumer community...."<BR/><BR/>"...Because all the tools they produce are explained like this : 'this is a great tool because it uses a better format / process'. That's not a 'tool' or an 'application'. Because tools / applications have an inner-world of their technology, and an outer-world of their usage. And they have a story that mediates between the two."<BR/><BR/>About economic captial vs. social captial:<BR/><BR/>"If anything, only the political process offers a chance to translate between the incomensurable spheres of financial capital and social capital. When I vote for a government I *am* making a decision between one party which will put the measurable (money, jobs, growth) ahead of the unmeasurable qualities of life. Or vice-versa."<BR/><BR/>The similarity is "a story which mediates between the two." <BR/><BR/>I shudder to think that in the case of economic vs. social capital "only the political process offers a chance to translate between the incomensurable spheres." The political process is important to mediate the two spheres. I shudder because politcal processes are so often corrupted. <BR/><BR/>The stories we create to translate between the spheres surely involves politics of a much more general order than choosing governments. In a sense it's tools and applications which will carry the day.John Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126222842766191343noreply@blogger.com