Dear all, John Shackleton wrote: "as one of the co-chairs, I feel it is probably appropriate to point out here that 'Common Ground' was a title, not a theme." I belong to those people who had expected 'Common Ground' to be more than a title. Of course I can understand John´s explanations, but that does not change my disappointment. Maybe this conference format is somehow outdated... Those who are interested in 'Common Ground' as a theme are invited to visit http://www.thebasicparadox.de It is a new experimental format (not yet perfect, of course), trying to examine the question of design foundations: - Are there foundations? - If yes, how do they look like? / If not, why not? Best, Jonas --