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
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Kurt Laitner on 04 Jan 13but 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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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
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work most valued by the rest of the user group
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As more members are added, more will experience frustration at limited usefulness or autonomy
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stigmergy encourages splintering
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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