Comments on: Building a better compass

By: MatGB

MatGB — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:55:25 +0000

I wrote about it ages back and Chris responded reminding me it was based around the importance people put on issues and their responses combined with their self-identification.

Essentially, the left/right scale is mostly issues that people think are important, correlated with how people that think a certain way self identify. Which makes sense. I really ought to redo it, great shame he’s no longer with us, would be great to see it updated the way the Compass perpetually is. I prefer their plot, but I prefer his methodology and openness.

I came out as extreme left (almost at the edge) but in the middle up/down, which makes sense when I strongly favour mixed markets and am something of a liberal internationalist that objects to stupid wars but not sane ones.

By: James Graham

James Graham — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:46:41 +0000

I think I do too, but I’m intrigued by the pragmatist vs idealist distinction (not least of all because I come out as a significant left, significant pragmatist).

The one I’m not clear about is the left-right axis.

By: sanddef

sanddef — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:18:50 +0000

I prefer ‘Authoritarian vs Libertarian’ to ‘Pragmatist vs Idealist’ myself.

By: Jo Anglezarke

Jo Anglezarke — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:53:30 +0000

Well, I have warned everyone on here that I am all too easily annoyed!!!

:@))

By: James Graham

James Graham — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:58:47 +0000

I wasn’t accusing you of being unoriginal - I just thought it was an interesting angle to add to the discussion.

By: Jo Anglezarke

Jo Anglezarke — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:35:37 +0000

Yes I think I might have started all this with my posting ‘Hell hath no fury like a blogger scorned’ which appeared in last week’s golden dozen.

Sorry for not being original James!