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*8. '''regulating negative feedback loops''' - ????? | *8. '''regulating negative feedback loops''' - ????? | ||
*7. '''driving positive feedback loops''' - | *7. '''driving positive feedback loops''' - | ||
*6. '''information flows''' (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) - [[ | *6. '''information flows''' (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) - [[XML/DTD]], talk pages | ||
*5. the '''rules of the system''' (incentives, punishment, constraints) (Mc Flurry stuff ?) | *5. the '''rules of the system''' (incentives, punishment, constraints) (Mc Flurry stuff ?) | ||
*4. the '''power of [[w:self-organization]]''', e.g. of [[trolls]] | *4. the '''power of [[w:self-organization]]''', e.g. of [[trolls]], [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=little_tin_god_sysop little tin god sysop] | ||
*3. the '''goals of the system''', e.g. avoiding becoming [ | *3. the '''goals of the system''', e.g. avoiding becoming [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia Wikipedia] | ||
*2. the '''mindset''' out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise | *2. the '''mindset''' out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise | ||
*1. the '''power to transcend paradigms''', change mental structure. | *1. the '''power to transcend paradigms''', change mental structure. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:22, 14 May 2003
w:Donella Meadows' twelve places to intervene in a system applied to Consumerium :
- 12. numbers (subsidies, taxes, standards) - article lengths, numbers of links, number of editors
- 11. The size of buffers relative to the flows
- 10. material stocks and flows - server hardware, comfortable places to surf and type
- 9. The length of delays, relative to the rate of system change
- 8. regulating negative feedback loops - ?????
- 7. driving positive feedback loops -
- 6. information flows (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) - XML/DTD, talk pages
- 5. the rules of the system (incentives, punishment, constraints) (Mc Flurry stuff ?)
- 4. the power of w:self-organization, e.g. of trolls, little tin god sysop
- 3. the goals of the system, e.g. avoiding becoming Wikipedia
- 2. the mindset out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise
- 1. the power to transcend paradigms, change mental structure.