Comments on: The benefits of openness against the demands of negotiation http://blog.mo.md/2008/08/30/the-benefits-of-openness-against-the-demands-of-negotiation/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Saudi Arabia’s free speech violations #78: you cannot even discuss football « Mohammad Al-Ubaydli’s blog http://blog.mo.md/2008/08/30/the-benefits-of-openness-against-the-demands-of-negotiation/#comment-1091 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:59:50 +0000 http://mohammadalubaydli.wordpress.com/?p=284#comment-1091 [...] Saudi Arabia’s free speech violations #78: you cannot even discuss football Posted in Arabs and Arabic, People / organisations, Society by Mohammad Al-Ubaydli on February 6th, 2009 Here is a wonderful video featuring Prince Sultan bin Fahad, سلطان بن فهد, the first person in a long time to get me interested in football: [...]

]]> By: John http://blog.mo.md/2008/08/30/the-benefits-of-openness-against-the-demands-of-negotiation/#comment-553 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:24:15 +0000 http://mohammadalubaydli.wordpress.com/?p=284#comment-553 You are selective when choosing partners. Search for communities of potential partners. Live in the community until you feel safe and are trusted. For example, Ycombinators or its ilk across the net. Communities which don’t reward macho manners. Open source communites approach this ideal.

At least, don’t deal with people that you don’t know.

]]> By: Mohammad Al-Ubaydli http://blog.mo.md/2008/08/30/the-benefits-of-openness-against-the-demands-of-negotiation/#comment-552 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:27:26 +0000 http://mohammadalubaydli.wordpress.com/?p=284#comment-552 > So it is not just my interest and your interest. There is also the very big factor of our interest.

True, but what do you do when you are trying to look after our interest while the other person only sees their interest. How do you avoid that person taking advantage of your beneficence?

]]> By: John http://blog.mo.md/2008/08/30/the-benefits-of-openness-against-the-demands-of-negotiation/#comment-551 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:15:28 +0000 http://mohammadalubaydli.wordpress.com/?p=284#comment-551 Basic to Open Source is the value of our shared interest. The trick is to make the pie bigger not only to get a bigger piece. So it is not just my interest and your interest. There is also the very big factor of our interest. How can we do this negotiation in a way that creates greater diversity of practice in our fussball league. And ultimately in our society.

At present various practices of secrecy, violence in the information realm, mimic elements of violence in society. If we can reduce violence in business perhaps we can reduce violence in other realms.

Is painless and drugless football possible? Well is is a worthy goal.

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