tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post3653514685695204340..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: The Self-Organizing Century?Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-49259631482731995292011-02-28T11:07:07.220-05:002011-02-28T11:07:07.220-05:00A good long-form treatment of this subject is Clay...A good long-form treatment of this subject is Clay Shirky's 2008 book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations. <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536Scotthttp://www.scottkuhagen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-23188380305786520772011-02-27T18:59:53.385-05:002011-02-27T18:59:53.385-05:00On the subject of the actual post, I've been w...On the subject of the actual post, I've been wondering how much the internet (and social media by implication) will contribute to the decentralisation of political power in the coming years.<br /><br />It seems to me that there will be some opposing forces in action. For example, on one hand it decreases transaction costs associated with communicating across distances. On the other, pooled information makes it much easier for people to access and monitor the behaviour of central organisation like national government.Grant McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868318397832070394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-29184707733734857612011-02-27T18:51:40.213-05:002011-02-27T18:51:40.213-05:00Well, seeing as everyone's giving their locati...Well, seeing as everyone's giving their locations... I suppose that I might as say that I've been more Europe than South Africa over the past five years. <br /><br />Currently staying in Lisbon until July, so if anyone wants to visit and see an IMF-bailout in action...<br /><br />(Actually, I'm being slightly unfair. The city is very cool so far and no outwardly obvious signs of imminent fiscal cardiac arrest.)Grant McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868318397832070394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-40304116159558320962011-02-27T11:09:44.452-05:002011-02-27T11:09:44.452-05:00Prateek,
I have plans to hike the length of the H...Prateek,<br /><br />I have plans to hike the length of the Himalayas in a few years. I have no idea if anyone has ever done this before. Whether I do it largely depends on the politics of the region, particularly in Pakistan and Nepal.Gary Gunnelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463810435943252898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-61392407231516918932011-02-27T09:46:03.348-05:002011-02-27T09:46:03.348-05:00I am living in India.
By the way, have you notice...I am living in India.<br /><br />By the way, have you noticed that there are only two degrees of separation between Jon Catalan and Paul Krugman? Paul Krugman comments on Brad DeLong, Brad DeLong comments on Daniel Keuhn, and Daniel Kuehn comments on JonCatalan. Yes, power of social media.Prateek Sanjaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-36605103648829632282011-02-27T08:38:15.993-05:002011-02-27T08:38:15.993-05:00Actually, I'm in N.C. right now, but I will be...Actually, I'm in N.C. right now, but I will be in California by the end of April; then I'll be living in the rural NW after that (probably somewhere in the Willamette Valley where I grew up). Damn hipsters have ruined my fair city Portland (man, I sound like a cranky old dude).Gary Gunnelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463810435943252898noreply@blogger.com