Comments on: Cooperation is always political https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/cooperation-is-always-political/2011/03/30 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Poor Richard https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/cooperation-is-always-political/2011/03/30/comment-page-1#comment-481897 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:31:31 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=14907#comment-481897 I agree that “drastic reduction of negotiation [is] central to mass collaboration”. However, it bears repeating that “such mechanisms do not necessarily determine every individual contribution”. In the case of Wikipedia it is clear they do not. In addition, a non-stigmergic framework with greater negotiation overhead is provided for higher-order collaboration, conflict resolution, and exception-handling. The stigmergy process casts considerable light on the success of Wikipedia, but only describes the “bottom tier” or “outermost ring” of that system. There is much more to learn about Wikipedia and other examples of “mixed” or hybrid systems for mass collaboration by pragmatically applying “Ostrom’s Law: An arrangement that works in practice can work in theory.” (Ostrom’s law: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/property-rights-in-the-commons-the-ubiquity-of-mixed-systems/2011/03/18)

An example of negotiation-free behavior, long known to children, office workers, and other subordinates: “I’d rather ask forgiveness than ask for permission.”

Poor Richard

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