[MD] the MOQ and its environment

[Kevin Perez]

Marsha wrote,
 
> Thanks for taking so much time to respond.  The original questions 
> concerning the environment were posed by Kevin from a post dated 
> 2/14/2007 At 12:36 PM.   I restated, maybe poorly, his original questions:
>
[Kevin]
>> Hello Marsha.  Thanks for asking.  I would suggest looking at the MOQ's
>> current environment.
>>
>> What I found interesting were the words, "putting the MOQ."  They make the
>> MOQ look like a thing that has an environment that can be controlled, e.g., if it
>> were given over to academia then it would be affected by the academic
>> environment or if it is kept here it would not be affected by this or if we put it
>> there it won't be affected by that.
>>
>> How is the MOQ's current environment affecting its evolution?
>
[Marsha] 
> I hope Kevin will respond to your post.
 
Thanks for letting me know this.  We're talking about Case's post of 17 Feb
<http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/2007-February/011056.html>?
 
I did read it.  I didn't respond because Case was speaking mainly to logistical
issues pertaining to the environment that is the archives at http://lists.moqtalk.org
and the users of countless desktops and laptops primarily in the US and the UK.
My interests are much more basic.
 
The question "How is the MOQ's current environment affecting its evolution?" is
really of two parts.  It assumes an MOQ environment and evolution.  And it asks
about the affect of one on the other.  What is the MOQ's current environment?
Is the MOQ evolving?  But even these questions are based on assumptions.
 
What does it mean to talk about the environment of a metaphysics, a philosophy,
a concept or an intellectual pattern?  Do these kinds of things have environments
that can be managed, manipulated or controlled?  What does it mean to talk
about the evolution of these kinds of things?  Can these kinds of things evolve?
Do their environments affect their evolution?
 
I get the sense from some of what I read here that some see MoQ.org as the
environment of the MOQ.  And that one or the other or both are a new reality.
 
What's the basis for this kind of thinking?
 

Kevin

 
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