January 16, 2015

Plato: On Dialogue

Plato is convinced that the best way to create and better ideas is to discuss them.  In pursuit of the Web 3.0 experience, the challenge is how to include the world on this grand discussion.  Discussions, I think, develop from at least one of the following:
  1. an idea, or
  2. a question
Through one or both of these, it may be easier to fulfill the needs of the poetic questions and modern society.  For example, a page could be dedicated to a question where people may discuss (there is the social aspect).  If one reads the question, than the purpose is realized within seconds (a modern requirement).  The question inherently provides a unity, and can be bound to an overarching theme of, say, seeking for answers in the light of great thinkers.  I think the way to create this may depend on the idea or question, because a discussion about food may require different abilities then a Euclidean geometry discussion.

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