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Stigmergy | GeorgieBC's Blog - 0 views

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As no one owns the system, there is no need for a competing group to be started to change ownership to a different group
- Kurt Laitner on 04 Jan 13
  
  but one needs a mechanism to ensure accidental duplication doesn't happen
  
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there is no need for communication outside of task completion
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  disagree
  
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endless discussion
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personality conflicts
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begin to steer direction
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more interested and dedicated personalities emerge
- Kurt Laitner on 04 Jan 13
  
  as opposed to the 'strong' personalities earlier panned?
  
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work most valued by the rest of the user group
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  determined how?
  
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As more members are added, more will experience frustration at limited usefulness or autonomy
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  how to avoid this duplication of skills?
  
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stigmergy encourages splintering
- Kurt Laitner on 04 Jan 13
  
  I would need to see a convincing argument for this, ant colonies are pretty large
  
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as communication is easier and there is more autonomy in smaller groups, splintering is the more likely outcome of growth.
- Kurt Laitner on 04 Jan 13
  
  not convinced that splintering should be the outcome, fractal growth would be preferable, also communication is not limited to small groups, nor is it necessarily 'better' in them
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">not convinced that splintering should be the outcome, fractal growth would be preferable, also communication is not limited to small groups, nor is it necessarily 'better' in them</div>
  
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Transparency allows information to travel freely between the various nodes
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Information sharing is driven by the information, not personal relationships
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it is inefficient to have the same task performed twice
- Kurt Laitner on 04 Jan 13
  
  that depends on the type of task, and the way it is being done, if it is repetative with a well understood solution, then yes, otherwise less so
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">that depends on the type of task, and the way it is being done, if it is repetative with a well understood solution, then yes, otherwise less so</div>
  
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It is neither reasonable nor desirable for individual thought and action to be subjugated to group consensus in matters which do not affect the group
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it is frankly impossible to accomplish complex tasks if every decision must be presented for approval
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Basketball and Biology: A Tale of Two Social Networks - IEEE Spectrum - 0 views

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graph theory stigmergy ants basketball value chains bayesian

shared by Kurt Laitner on 28 Mar 13 - No Cached

Kurt Laitner on 28 Mar 13

Evaluating signals to map a network and evaluate successful topography using the ball to create weighted directional paths and outcome tracking

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