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MIT Sloan Faculty - Damon Centola - Overview
My work addresses theoretical and empirical problems in the diffusion of collective behavior. My core sociological interest is how individual actions aggregate to produce (often unexpected) collective outcomes. This includes the mobilization of social mov
MIT Sloan Faculty - Damon Centola - Norms and Collective Action
Free Riding and the Stability of Collective Behavior Working Paper (2008) Damon Centola Permitting free riders to "exploit" systems of collective action can help to stabilize participation, producing greater long term levels of public goods production
Social Media Subcouncil / Web 2 0 Governance Policies and Best Practices
Use of Web 2.0 and Social Media resources by public agencies poses unique and new challenges for administrators and policy makers in terms of governance. A wide range of issues, including the effects on employee productivity, legal risks and consideration
Blue Mouse Monkey Blog » Blog Archive » Did I just step over into the dark side?
it’s really important for me and the furry blue creature to keep the dangers of corporate personhood in mind, and not take for granted our position nor our actions in this fabric of society and web of life. There’s corporations, and then there’s corporati
Governance P2P « nuestracausa
el poder es precisamente transformación constante, diaria”. Y ese poder está ahora en manos de cualquiera capaz de administrar recursos, fomentar el intercambio de información, coordinar acciones para la consolidación de ideas y ejercer el liderazgo entre
DIY Freaks Flock to 'Hacker Spaces' Worldwide | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
"There are zillions of people around the world doing this," says Altman, referring to the swell of interest in do-it-yourself projects and hacking. "It's a worldwide community."
Global Guerrillas: HOLLOW STATES vs. FAILED STATES
A hollow state is different from a failed state in that it continues to exist on the international stage. It has all the standard edifices of governance although most are heavily corrupted and in thrall to global corporate/monied elites. It continues to
Jeff Vail - Neo-Chiefdoms or Big-Men Networks?
I have little doubt that some vestige of the state will remain for the foreseeable future. However, in terms of geography, penetration, and time, the reach and control of the state will increasingly be limited. It will present voids in these various dimen
Maine Town Passes Ordinance Asserting Local Self-Governance and Stripping Corporate Personhood | AfterDowningStreet.org
A bold move from the town to recognize the insane power that politicians and lawyers have given corporations. The town also passed a community-based declaration of independence asserting its right to self-government and bestowing rights to the natural env
How to intervene in the meltdown
Dana Meadows published what is probably her most famous work, Places to Intervene in a System, in 1997. In that article, she listed, in reverse order from least to most effective, the ten ways (later expanded to twelve) to bring about change in an organiz
Who's watching us play - and why? William Davies on networks as "big parents"
whether the next stage of post-industrial capitalism is going to be a "playground". A world where we "play" with our interactive tools, consuming, prosuming and creating; and the corporates watch over and monitor our complex online behaviour, all the bett
Sean Gabb Remarks on My Org Theory Book
Your book is a masterpiece. It is a great, heavy slab of text.
Global Guerrillas: TRIBES!
So how do you build a tribe? A strong tribe, in this post-industrial environment*, isn't built from the top down. Instead it is built organically from the bottom up. A simple tribe starts with cementing ties to your extended family, a connection of blo
wintercamp » Blog Archive » Winter Camp Coverage Started!
17 pages of detailed and fascinating insights on the governance problems of 12 international 'p2p-oriented networks', a treasure trove of material.
3DN Community Investment Enterprises - AboutUs Wiki Page
In a community investment enterprise, residents of a locality agree to cooperate in the acquisition of the land, facilities and tools to produce the food, clothing, shelter, education and health care needed by those resident in that locality. T
Piracy as A Barometer of Order
piracy is a barometer of order. It has been so since Roman times. When order weakens, pirates flourish. When order returns, pirates are hunted down and hanged. The piracy barometer tells us order is vanishing fast. That should not surprise us, since order
Global Guerrillas: SOCIETAL EVOLUTION AND RONFELDT's TIMN
This model is very useful for analysis of our current situation. However, there are a couple twists that may make its application problematic. Here's a critique:
TECHNOLOGIES OF HUMILITY: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION GOVERNING SCIENCE
this paper argues that governments should reconsider existing
relations among decision-makers, experts, and citizens in the management of technology. Policy-makers need a set of ‘technologies of humility’ for systematically assessing the unknown and the u
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