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Tim Sandgren

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Jul 11, 2017, 7:27:50 AM7/11/17
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Just to show you what sociologists can do these days:

Tiberius Brastaviceanu

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Jul 13, 2017, 10:32:53 PM7/13/17
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Interesting. This should inform our social media strategy. I guess SENSORICA's message for a fair economy (contribution-based rewards) and economic freedom (openness, access to participation, permission-less value networks) has contributed to the spread of the OVN model. The emotion part has been incorporated in the activism behind SENSORICA, as it was created by ''social hackers''. 

Historically, we haven't been too keen on rituals, SENSORICA doesn't feel like a cult, we've made very few parties and gatherings. We've been more focused on work. Some have criticized the network for this lack of emotional content. 

I have been criticized for having a too direct, blunt,short and to the point, technical communication style. This is because my thing is efficiency, which doesn't go well with emotional content, making people feel good. 

Traditionally, constructive criticism has taken a bigger part in communication than encouragement. On the other sides, there are communities and networks who feel too fake, because too much on the positive side when everyone knows that things are not that great. Which communication tactic is better for encouraging participation, engagement, making the network stickier? I don't know... I am afraid that too much bullshit can have a negative long-term effect on the organization. Don't know... 


On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:27 AM, Tim Sandgren <tim.sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Dante-Gabryell Monson

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Jul 14, 2017, 6:05:52 AM7/14/17
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Interesting indeed.

I'll use this opportunity to add / archive on this list another aspect we are likely aware of, in relation to collective intelligence :

gender diversity.


What Makes a Team Smarter? More Women   ( Anita Woolley , Thomas W. Malone )
It might not change overnight,
though I realize there are ways of getting more balanced gender diversity,
and I witnessed it in various cities, including in Berlin.

Just to give an example :

there seem to be overlapping fields of interest and expertise, yet with very different proportions of gender involved in them.
A classical example likely one of front end vs back end, with often more women in front end development, such as webdesign, but also 3D animation, ...
Fields that are often seen as more artistic, yet require overlapping fields of knowledge and skills with programming used for , say, back end databases.

It is also interesting to apply this in sometimes totally different disciplines.
I have seen it also in forms of collaboration between, for example, dancers and programmers, as to set up interactive artistic installations ( with motion detectors - some 10 years ago )

I personally find such kind of inter-disciplinary and diversified environments rather stimulating / motivating / inspiring.

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Tiberius Brastaviceanu <tiberius.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting. This should inform our social media strategy. I guess SENSORICA's message for a fair economy (contribution-based rewards) and economic freedom (openness, access to participation, permission-less value networks) has contributed to the spread of the OVN model. The emotion part has been incorporated in the activism behind SENSORICA, as it was created by ''social hackers''. 

Historically, we haven't been too keen on rituals, SENSORICA doesn't feel like a cult, we've made very few parties and gatherings. We've been more focused on work. Some have criticized the network for this lack of emotional content. 

I have been criticized for having a too direct, blunt,short and to the point, technical communication style. This is because my thing is efficiency, which doesn't go well with emotional content, making people feel good. 

Traditionally, constructive criticism has taken a bigger part in communication than encouragement. On the other sides, there are communities and networks who feel too fake, because too much on the positive side when everyone knows that things are not that great. Which communication tactic is better for encouraging participation, engagement, making the network stickier? I don't know... I am afraid that too much bullshit can have a negative long-term effect on the organization. Don't know... 

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:27 AM, Tim Sandgren <tim.sa...@gmail.com> wrote:
Just to show you what sociologists can do these days:

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