tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post4585151683888449408..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Foraker Focus GroupStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-70413503541812528492009-11-12T11:28:19.208-09:002009-11-12T11:28:19.208-09:00Jay, thanks for your insights. This has nothing t...Jay, thanks for your insights. This has nothing to do with the individuals involved, but merely with the concentration of power. We have to carefully monitor the balance between the benefits of efficiency and leverage and the costs of creativity, independence, etc. If less ethical people take over in the future, what will happen? <br /><br />Ropi, you're right. But we also have to keep in mind that Alaska has a population density of one person per square mile. (Hungary's is 280/sq. mile; 109/sq.km) Much of the land is mountain or tundra. Much of the land is owned and maintained by the US government and by the State of Alaska. We have a number of military bases and all that is government employment too.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-27450954175802365132009-11-12T08:58:12.482-09:002009-11-12T08:58:12.482-09:00Alaska seems to have too large state apparatus. Ev...Alaska seems to have too large state apparatus. Every 4th people works for the state. That sounds a lot.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-29735480564935443522009-11-12T05:14:13.996-09:002009-11-12T05:14:13.996-09:00'...by their vision of the park?' is the c...'...by their vision of the park?' is the correct ending, of course. CheerioJacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-91374821527692923932009-11-12T05:09:43.169-09:002009-11-12T05:09:43.169-09:00A question for media organizations on this trinity...A question for media organizations on this trinity is about the concentration of power, the eroding effect of gatekeeping. I know more than one organization, after having established independent relations with an outside funder, found Diane in the middle, with continued relationships mediated through her foundation.<br /><br />While Alaska used to be a place to run free, it is less so today. To do the big stuff, an agency has to be blessed by them, and to be in tow.<br /><br />That loss of independence is offset by the training, the access to new funds, of course. Yet it very possibly may result in a development process that looks much like herding ideas. I liken it to a wild area and a city park. There are different natures involved. <br /><br />It is one of the reasons Gene and I left Alaska. There was Uncle Ted on one side and this rising power on the other. How do new or radical ideas grow in such a funding environment if they are not blessed by their vision of the part?<br /><br />Oh, well.Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com