Maggie Furtak on mon 27 feb 12
Hey Marci et al,=3D0A=3D0A"Gathering information (finding sources, gatherin=
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ts of information from different sources, spending infinite hours=3DA0exper=
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enting) takes valuable time=3DA0 and if, for example, a potter=3DA0discover=
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fabulous glaze after months of arduous testing, they=3DA0shouldn't be expec=
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d to hand out the recipe to everyone just for the=3DA0asking, just=3DA0 lik=
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supplier shouldn't be asked to hand over their=3DA0material sources or teac=
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rs asked to teach for free."=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AAh... =3DA0but if I share my rec=
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so do you, and so does Mel, and so does Vince, and everyone else on clayar=
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t, then for our months of arduous testing, we each have access to thousands=
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of recipes, instead of just one or two. =3DA0And it may turn out that the =
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cipe I developed may actually solve the problem you were testing for better=
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than your own did, and the glaze you developed may actually meet my needs =
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better than the one I made. =3DA0The quality of everyone's work goes up, an=
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we are less likely to accept a shoddy glaze with a shrug and a "sorry you g=
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ot lead-poisoning." =3DA0=3D0A=3D0AThe more numerous and diverse our crowd =
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ze "babies" are, the faster natural selection works to weed out the duds an=
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d select for the racers. =3DA0=3D0A=3D0AThat said, if someone wants to keep=
a rec=3D
ipe to themselves for a while, I can't begrudge them a temporary monopoly, =
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just a permanent one. =3DA0=3D0A=3D0AThat said, there will always be people=
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buse the system and use everyone's recipes for free, without contributing a=
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ny of their own, but they (and I and you) will still also buy a glaze book =
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now and then, and pay to go to a workshop when we could just ask around for=
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advice. =3DA0It all comes out in the wash. =3DA0=3D0A=3D0A(:=3DA0=3D0A-Mag=
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