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people are not ready to be in continuous collaboration mode, i.e. in the mode there they intensively, in real-time, generate worthy ideas and constructively rec
by VladRussian2 13y ago
people are not ready to be in continuous collaboration mode, i.e. in the mode there they intensively, in real-time, generate worthy ideas and constructively receive(understand), analyze, improve upon and bounce back the ideas generated by the collaborating partner(s). It is very intensive brain activity requiring matching partners and it wears you off pretty quickly. It is like tennis - possible to do for a couple hours few times a week. Or like musical jam sessions - you can do it for prolonged times only when young, and usually with help of some "energizers".
It is one of the reasons why email is such a mainstay of collaboration.
- asolove 13y agoYes, "not ready" is exactly right. And this is one of Bret's points: Engelbart wasn't actually interested in technology itself. He was interested in sociology: creating groups of people who were ready to do transformative work by collaborating in new ways. Whether or not this model would work is up for debate. But that collaboration, not any particular piece of software, was what Engelbart was after.
- saraid216 13y ago> people are not ready to be in continuous collaboration mode What would be the first step in getting people ready?
- chongli 13y agoMaybe once we've got basic income and everybody can relax a bit more. People can start collaborating on pie-in-the-sky type projects without so much worry about productivity or their next paycheck. Then doing a collaboration for a few hours a week isn't such a big deal.