center and periphery

[Arno Baltin]

Hi,

I am following the emerged discussion with whole attention, sitting in 
front of my laptop. And at the same time I am sitting in the periphery 
of European Union, quite close to its border. And I have been living in 
the periphery of an Union before. It was the Soviet Union. And again I 
lived very close to its border.

When writing this message I am at the same time in the periphery and in 
the center. As in virtual space everyone is in the center. So when there 
appears a new center, a new virtual space for Open Space practitioners 
there should be no worries. But it seems that in the virtual space we 
still operate with categories used for physical space. As there is a 
center (of attention) in physical space and the periphery and the 
border. Space could be very open and it still have a border - those 
being outside are welcome to come inside. So the google search engine 
seems to measure the center of attention, forming the sociogram of 
participants in a given field. 
I guess, this discussion is also about the center of attention and the 
rivalry for that place in the center of the virtual space. And one 
reason for that rivalry is that our attentive capacities are limited.

with warm regards,

Arno Baltin
Tallinn

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