See this concept in action
See also Rethinking Social Movements
By AllOfUs
Saturday, February 5, 2011
An answer to Internet blackout during a popular uprising: pre-programmed mass movements
A concept proposed by Multitude Project: Pre-programing means preparing the masses in advance to react to different outcomes of a future action. The action can be a protest, or a popular revolt against a tyrannical government. This preparation becomes necessary in situations where technology-based lines of communication are temporarily cut during the events or in preparation for such an eventuality – like during the Jan, 25th (2011) Egyptian revolution. But even in normal situations pre-programing is always advised in order to reduce panic during events, and to increase the level of cohesion of the masses.
By AllOfUs
By AllOfUs
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The MetaCurrency Project
You thought money was real... It's just a game!
So why not having our own?
The MetaCurrency Project from alan rosenblith on Vimeo.
So why not having our own?
The MetaCurrency Project from alan rosenblith on Vimeo.
By AllOfUs
The Discovery Network Back Office Catalog
A new component was added to the Discovery Network concept, the The Back Office Catalog. To participate, go to the FORUM.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Clay Shirky - Hierarchy & Leadership
"Many of the relative advantages of hierarchy are now reduced."
The informational advantage of hierarchies is reduced.
Institutions have lost their monopoly on tight management of information and thigh coordination of action. Now large distributed groups can share information and coordinate through social networking.
This increases individual power and group power! This is the Multitude social movement!
By AllOfUs
Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration
Important concept
- coordination costs.
- power law distribution, 80-20 curve, or long-tail distribution.
The classic answer to getting a group to do something was the institution (centralized organization based on power relations). Today, the costs of communication, which is fundamental for coordination, has fallen. It is now possible to put the coordination into the infrastructure and to reduce the need for planning.
The institution asks for:
- explicit goals
- management,
- enforcement of goals (carrots and sticks)
- structure (economic, legal, physical, etc)
- exclusion (cannot higher anyone) --> professional class
Collaboration infrastructure: moving the problem to the people instead of moving the people to the problem, shedding institutional costs, adding flexibility. Decentralization, openness, inclusiveness.
Tension between the institution as an enabler and institution as an obstacle. "Many of the relative advantages of hierarchy are now reduced."
It's all abut value! Open collaborative networks are mostly value-based organizations, and are increasingly replacing institutions (power-based organizations) on different arenas.
By AllOfUs
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption
The Multitude Social Movement seen from the consumption point of view.
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