12 August 2008 at 5:34 am | In Collaboration and social neuroscience | Leave a Comment
A project of the Institute for the Future of the Book, MediaCommons is envisioned as changing the spirit of peer review from “gatekeeping” to collegial support. Authors can manipulate who sees their creations in this “greenhouse.” There are metrics, so cold hard reality isn’t really that far away. But what would a work nurtured in such a protected environment look like when released to the polluted air and non-organic diet of the real world? Getting out of my league here, but might there be a parallel to the system of human education dedicated to protecting children’s self-esteem to the point of nobody ever losing or hearing a negative thing said about them?
