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The fundamental flaw here is underestimating the value of in-person conversation.

• kjhughes 13y ago
  In-person conversation increases the odds, for sure. But opening the pool of players beyond those who are or can be co-located can also increase the odds. There will always be more smart players outside of any region than within. The problem is that removing the co-location constraint also increases the pool of potential posers. Telling the difference is a key challenge. If a distributed organisation can take advantage of greater pool of resources without being taken advantaged of by the posers, the in-person advantage might come to be less important than it has traditionally been.