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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Not really. it's very difficult to see how a city that excludes poets and artists could be considered 'open-source'. in addition, direct-democratic procedures (the p2p part) don't
scale very well in plato's city: according to plato, an increase of citizens beyond a certain size (basically the number of people that can assemble in a single spot) necessitates differentiation and stratification. that is to say, it creates the need for
a social stratum of specialists entrusted with public administration. in my opinion, rule by the few (no matter how enlightened they are) is certainly not a p2p outcome..<br>
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x,<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 03, 2011 10:22 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [P2P-F] Plato's Ideal City vs. Open Source / P2P Urbanism<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<br>
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Has Plato's Ideal City anything to do with Open Source / P2P Urbanism?<br>
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How about most notable differences?<br>
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Best,<br>
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Geo<br clear="all">
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