“think that the notion that networks replace institutions is incredibly naive.
Networks destroy existing institutions and then new institutions are created on top of them. Just like Troy, you know, layers on layers. And I think we’re going, you know, to me the really interesting question is, how are we going to make better institutions after the revolution is over or, you know, as the revolution is going on.
You know, if you think about the American Revolution versus the French Revolution, then you have a really great example where, you had one that had a lot of forethought about, let’s try to build some new institutions on top of this network uprising. Relatively speaking to the power structures of the day, and you had another one that didn’t really think about it, and it very rapidly fell back into something that resembled what had existed before.
And I think we’re.
(And then the third republic)
That’s right. Yeah. So, I think the real challenge is not to try to imagine some utopia in which the network works completely different way is to say, “Okay, how do we harness the energy of the network and channel it into institutions that preserve as much of it as possible?” @timoreilly at Hacking Society
Networks destroy existing institutions and then new institutions are created on top of them. Just like Troy, you know, layers on layers. And I think we’re going, you know, to me the really interesting question is, how are we going to make better institutions after the revolution is over or, you know, as the revolution is going on.
You know, if you think about the American Revolution versus the French Revolution, then you have a really great example where, you had one that had a lot of forethought about, let’s try to build some new institutions on top of this network uprising. Relatively speaking to the power structures of the day, and you had another one that didn’t really think about it, and it very rapidly fell back into something that resembled what had existed before.
And I think we’re.
(And then the third republic)
That’s right. Yeah. So, I think the real challenge is not to try to imagine some utopia in which the network works completely different way is to say, “Okay, how do we harness the energy of the network and channel it into institutions that preserve as much of it as possible?” @timoreilly at Hacking Society
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