Bureaucrats, developer, Administrators
9,842
edits
Social economy: Difference between revisions
rm bomis bashing, fix link, interesting article
(better subtitles to clarify roles of trolls vs. sysops in the struggle) |
(rm bomis bashing, fix link, interesting article) |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
"In a recent interview, [[Howard Rheingold]] (author of Smart Mobs) discussed the possibility of a 'new economic system' born of 'unconscious cooperation' embodied by such technologies as [[Google]] links and [[Amazon.com]] lists, [[Wikipedia]], [[worn device|wireless device]]s using [[unlicensed spectrum]], [[blog|Web logs]], and [[open source software]]." [[Trolls]] of course defy this model and are very often accused of conciously cooperating in [[troll organization]]s. | "In a recent interview, [[Howard Rheingold]] (author of Smart Mobs) discussed the possibility of a 'new economic system' born of 'unconscious cooperation' embodied by such technologies as [[Google]] links and [[Amazon.com]] lists, [[Wikipedia]], [[worn device|wireless device]]s using [[unlicensed spectrum]], [[blog|Web logs]], and [[open source software]]." [[Trolls]] of course defy this model and are very often accused of conciously cooperating in [[troll organization]]s. | ||
"Rheingold speculates that 'the technology of the Internet, [[reputation]] systems, [[online community|online communities, mobile devices...may make some new economic system possible... We had markets, then we had capitalism, and socialism was a reaction to industrial-era capitalism. There's been an assumption that since communism failed, capitalism is triumphant, therefore humans have stopped evolving new systems for economic production.'" - [http://slashdot.org/articles/04/08/17/2138201.shtml?tid=95&tid=1] That of course is an assumption only of the capitalist elite in countries where all economic development has stalled. [[Trolls]] continue the development anyway, and would consider this idea that communism "failed" to be, simply, stupidity. The emergence of the [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] proves it is still very viable. | "Rheingold speculates that 'the technology of the Internet, [[reputation]] systems, [[online community|online communities]], mobile devices...may make some new economic system possible... We had markets, then we had capitalism, and socialism was a reaction to industrial-era capitalism. There's been an assumption that since communism failed, capitalism is triumphant, therefore humans have stopped evolving new systems for economic production.'" - [http://slashdot.org/articles/04/08/17/2138201.shtml?tid=95&tid=1] That of course is an assumption only of the capitalist elite in countries where all economic development has stalled. [[Trolls]] continue the development anyway, and would consider this idea that communism "failed" to be, simply, stupidity. The emergence of the [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] proves it is still very viable. | ||
=== struggle makes society === | === struggle makes society === | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
=== favor and barter === | === favor and barter === | ||
Where [[Consumerium Services]] fit into a larger social economy is less clear. [http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com Suw Charman] relates (based on sources[[Business 4Site]] and [[eWeek]]) that "[[Jas Dhillon]], president and CEO of [[ZeroDegrees]] Inc. considers the most important motivator to be the '''favour economy''' - the mutually beneficial nature of online business relationships. However, [[Antony Brydon]], co-founder and CEO of [[Visible Path]] Corp. considers cold, hard cash to be the best incentive." | Where [[Consumerium Services]] fit into a larger social economy is less clear. [http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com Suw Charman] relates (based on sources[[Business 4Site]] and [[eWeek]]) that "[[Jas Dhillon]], president and CEO of [[ZeroDegrees]] Inc. considers the most important motivator to be the '''favour economy''' - the mutually beneficial nature of online business relationships. However, [[Antony Brydon]], co-founder and CEO of [[Visible Path]] Corp. considers cold, hard cash to be the best incentive." | ||
According to eWeek, Brydon "dismissed the notion that goodwill alone will motivate people to join and become engaged in [[social network]]ing. �No way,� Brydon said. �The '''favor economy''' is where we started, and we quickly moved to the '''barter economy''' and then the economy economy. It�s an ideological point that will become a real issue for what to do to move things along faster [in this industry].� How this all relates to [[ecological yield]] and growth in [[natural capital]], only [[trolls]] can say probably. No doubt they will. | According to eWeek, Brydon "dismissed the notion that goodwill alone will motivate people to join and become engaged in [[social network]]ing. �No way,� Brydon said. �The '''favor economy''' is where we started, and we quickly moved to the '''barter economy''' and then the economy economy. It�s an ideological point that will become a real issue for what to do to move things along faster [in this industry].� How this all relates to [[ecological yield]] and growth in [[natural capital]], only [[trolls]] can say probably. No doubt they will. | ||