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Have you read anything by Pieter Hintjens, the creator of ZeroMQ? He wrote quite a lot on organising people, particularly software development, but instead of

Have you read anything by Pieter Hintjens, the creator of ZeroMQ? He wrote quite a lot on organising people, particularly software development, but instead of focusing on how to make people efficient, he focused on how to organise the group to protect from opportunistic outsiders / psychopaths coming in and taking personal advantage and destroying the group in the process. After having his early work ruined several times by other people taking unearned credit, taking money out, causing projects to fail, ZeroMQ was organised around his ideas. “Coops that get coopted” or are less durable, might be failing to protect their structure well enough.

DoctorOetker 7y ago
you guys are rediscovering the birth of "in-group socialism" just make sure that anyone who wants can join (by complying), otherwise if people are left out by definition from joining (can't change property X) you're just recreating "national socialism"
- perl4ever 7y ago
  Matt Levine often says "the modern investment bank is a socialist paradise run for the benefit of its workers".
jacques_chester 7y ago
The story of life on earth generally and human civilisation generally is one of constant adaptations between parasites and predators and the defenders against parasites and predators. Ecology and population biology are fascinating sources of ideas in this regard.
specialist 7y ago
Belated reply, apologies. I read Social Architecture (after my Kuali experience). It's very good. In my head, it sits alongside Clay Shirky (eg Here Comes Everyone). Whenever questions like "how do I make money working on open source?" and "which license should I use?" comes up, I expect Hintjens' wisdom to be at the top. Alas. I'd cite Hintjens myself, but I have yet to put his wisdom to practice, so I'd be just another poseur. I also read his writings about health and dying. I can only hope that I have such grace when it's my time. His others are in my queue.

DoctorOetker 7y ago

you guys are rediscovering the birth of "in-group socialism" just make sure that anyone who wants can join (by complying), otherwise if people are left out by definition from joining (can't change property X) you're just recreating "national socialism"

perl4ever 7y ago
Matt Levine often says "the modern investment bank is a socialist paradise run for the benefit of its workers".

jacques_chester 7y ago

The story of life on earth generally and human civilisation generally is one of constant adaptations between parasites and predators and the defenders against parasites and predators. Ecology and population biology are fascinating sources of ideas in this regard.

specialist 7y ago

Belated reply, apologies. I read Social Architecture (after my Kuali experience). It's very good. In my head, it sits alongside Clay Shirky (eg Here Comes Everyone). Whenever questions like "how do I make money working on open source?" and "which license should I use?" comes up, I expect Hintjens' wisdom to be at the top. Alas. I'd cite Hintjens myself, but I have yet to put his wisdom to practice, so I'd be just another poseur. I also read his writings about health and dying. I can only hope that I have such grace when it's my time. His others are in my queue.