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“This intuitive urge to extend the work of others becomes the organizing principle of modern software development.” https://t.co/KlCExfwokQ
"the effect of social dynamics has been largely excluded from studies of human cooperation."https://t.co/sIbaFoCMbN (via /r/science/)
Amazing paper /w Ant Sim!Stigmergic construction and topochemical information shape ant nest architecture - https://t.co/OOfHU7CXOH
Stigmergy, development & blockchains?Yes please.https://t.co/V1BMuYU4Gy
Stigmergy + Serendipity: Less institutional memory means more innovation! https://t.co/IgN4Bj1BXZ via @ViRAms https://t.co/WN1ghI0TrP
Understanding the group dynamics and success of teams [using github]https://t.co/tefXR7Q0Je by @bagrow et al. https://t.co/DWBy8AlLMy
"It is about responsiveness and a mix of negative and positive feedback."@EskoKilpi https://t.co/xFkpPH3jTQ https://t.co/sxKKOps4lY
"In small groups the forces at play are more quickly seen and informally understood..." https://t.co/aoGTQh7NEu https://t.co/tRhbrbyh5L
Design thinking & human cognition: From stigmergy to coordination! https://t.co/fs3xHj6bGV by @karlfast via @cwodtke https://t.co/m2qIzb79P0
"... an extremely advanced large-scale distributed processing unit that can solve large-scale problems” https://t.co/aHj0ZiPMMN
"we no longer need to rely on the traditional command-and-control model to plan in advance"https://t.co/HNknj6uWex https://t.co/mFqvWsY0JR
Catalogs made with social foraging behavior incites feeling of serendipity & fun? https://t.co/0i1l8HliHf https://t.co/jYDz7XGTl5
“Ant colonies teach us self-organization stems from an adaptation that compresses information about the environment” https://t.co/myLj2KedJe
Is part of the Dabbawala's success b/c they harness a form of stigmergy to orchestrate? https://t.co/uryyLDjKMO https://t.co/0Y5ZaDQQnF
Amazing map: Dabbawala's organizational network. A trust based decentralized culture. https://t.co/UxBH1ir9rR https://t.co/L6YkuhE0Ef
“it should be possible to build structures similar to ant nests, with nothing more than pheromone attraction” https://t.co/c1FAibeO9o
A highly decentralized “Living System”, as @hintjens calls it.https://t.co/WNEB6KvQaD
"Hey man this is cool. Tell us what we can do: to keep this pretty garden here for me and for you!" 🗺️ https://t.co/iTQkljwV0D
"cooperation in large groups can emerge when help is channeled towards individuals with a good reputation of helping https://t.co/BPwJc3UHpI
Cooperatively searching for ideas, as a form of stigmergy.https://t.co/IhwIiWBCXM https://t.co/NOj0ltJOAM
"substantial economy of effort and a range of new questions to explore" [2010]https://t.co/yv9uqSCPCt (ht @SichuLu) https://t.co/ZjN8OpxCRc
"Answers to these questions lie in the more general problem of social cooperation itself."https://t.co/x6CAggbCws https://t.co/jjvoz9hRH5
"when groups are small, longer-memory strategies make cooperation easier to evolve" https://t.co/OtH2Lm0zRe https://t.co/ZkTBCZ7wDD
"More communication isn’t necessarily the solution to communication problems — it’s how it is carried out." https://t.co/DeH2tEymyu
"To steer toward sweeter pastures of engagement and productivity at work, manage the links [in the network]" https://t.co/sbuA1U2yrN
Nature's halting problem:"Once the insects begin looping, they will literally keep going in circles until they die"https://t.co/s5zPAqUiPP
"just steps into a gap at a random moment, turns and without intention, the Death Spiral begins."https://t.co/cAqOmrMWsp
Fascinating to think of them as a pure stigmergy based organization enabled by the web.https://t.co/9eqxi1E0Uq https://t.co/NK1I55d85k
Stigmergy as a form of rhizomatic signaling?https://t.co/DyA1RvU4p6
Crab Stigmergy... is adorable! https://t.co/1WNF5oilaU
Effective orgs operate via stigmergy w/ a bias toward action.'Flat' is missing the point.https://t.co/LyENahfRmW https://t.co/L82WfMBX9u
"real intelligence emerges only from a crowd of people, connected in the right way and aimed in the right direction"https://t.co/UZcVCZx0B8
It's exciting to watch estonia adopting distributed/decentralized tech at a fast pace.https://t.co/Htm1aF2y1a
Great summary on nature of eusocial signaling + relation to cooperation https://t.co/VNa6t8U1ih via @SteveStuWill https://t.co/ACNphBabNc
How culture evolves as a conversation between groups across social membranes.https://t.co/arxBMfipv7 by @vgr
“my attempt to weave in my own insights into the subject” — @ultimape https://t.co/iVlbIu5nH7 https://t.co/mbxck7uMnn
What does ecosystem level cooperative stigmergy look like? https://t.co/XATFM52dT5
"cheaters even among the bees, and the cheaters are held at bay only by a regulatory system called “policing”"https://t.co/8D91th1TYZ
"once a competitive culture emerges in a group, it’s difficult to undo — people fall into a pattern..."https://t.co/qvm8Quxnmm
Is hierarchy good?Yes, and no.https://t.co/c4inVg6906 https://t.co/SV0glOdvCr
"it should be possible to double the ratio of employees to managers and administrators, from 4.7:1 to 10:1."https://t.co/rZX4Yfgadu
The latest @ribbonfarm by @noUpside is worth reading: https://t.co/F7kycRhAe2 https://t.co/HBT7vQfaHa
Social foraging a swarm intelligence filter?"It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure."https://t.co/5CQL02Sow8 via @davidmanheim
Swarm Intelligence based filtering. https://t.co/H4zqygSka3
"if you want to coordinate the work of a group of people, you start an institution, right?" @cshirky on stigmergy(?)https://t.co/5JS92jEpoV
Spontaneous emergence of ride-sharing [2005 Pre-Uber]... Sued by bus. (via Clay's ted talk)https://t.co/XR6hRAhaPU https://t.co/DdhQUNicLR
Physical differences in brain tuning often lead to political and ideological divides. Troublesome.https://t.co/8PoHzHL6n0
Sometimes the divide is just cultural. How spread of memes can be used to form barriers:https://t.co/QOWHns9Tll
But when it comes to cooperation, are boundaries bad? Yes, and No.https://t.co/NpQiXYPMMM https://t.co/XXlMfx63LV
Boundaries facilitate cooperation. But side effects of our coordination cause hard problems:https://t.co/jVWpCk5LfM https://t.co/JIzA7aT7dW
Issues involved with coordination, cooperation, and collusion can be seen at macroeconomic level: https://t.co/SQMyBqmCvt
Reputation as a form of coordinative stigmergy? Hmm.https://t.co/8FHPPFLTtz
"It doesn't matter how good the design, when there are unresolved problems in the organization." — @hintjenshttps://t.co/xr0H2M7zQY https://t.co/a9aIAQGR8r
Reading @hintjens describe organizational structures & mainframes [IBM, VAX, UNIVAC, AIX/UNIX] reminds me of this memo:(via @fnthawar) https://t.co/tuRNgueG2a
Legacy: Traces left in the environment. Precursors, inspiring their derivitives. A software fork entrusted to maintainers of the future. 🐜🐜🐜 https://t.co/IrDR1oElhB
It's ok to be sad."Many times, an obituary must be much, much shorter due to any number of factors" https://t.co/bpmgPjrLqI https://t.co/sPBoaczVca
Cooperate or Defect?"consider the role of coercion in promoting altruism and cooperation in other social systems"https://t.co/1OgiyYE4LI https://t.co/dUTD7TCKhX
"he has not so much virtue of his individuality but rather as a member of a great human community" — Albert Einsteinhttps://t.co/AwoFfwm6xj https://t.co/X5VzNKHlS9
"the ecology of the two species' varied habitats account for the difference in social organization."https://t.co/Ot7SyooqyB
Great talk at the intersection of AI, Swarm Inteligence, Collaboration, Evolution and Creativity by @kenneth0stanleyhttps://t.co/jU8Pza6EtD https://t.co/hLVosUyIgC
"networks define the way work actually gets done in today’s [...] collaborative, knowledge-intensive companies."https://t.co/mSmLg8MVoT https://t.co/gzF4mOiATC
"[Hierarchy at scale] stops serving the purpose of organizing & creating trust for human collaboration…" @aantonop https://t.co/2MNReEHfjg
"Architecture determines how power is concentrated…"https://t.co/ga9VQuT8J0
If you like @aantonop's presentations on hierarchy/corruption. Check out @hintjens's books on pyschopaths & culture:https://t.co/Yp6zsXG1dV
"The potential of social media cannot be realized without a very different epistemological grounding"https://t.co/Sb6N86FWSw https://t.co/BQMaYhSGHv
Network cognition:"One of the best ways to improve your memory is by not having to remember stuff to begin with."https://t.co/kO3Ss89Uy6
Death March"eventually a few workers straggled from the trail thus breaking the cycle, and the raid marched off"https://t.co/4ObuIm0HBP https://t.co/MG9BLStZiJ
Serendipity + StigmergyLearning is better with friends.( images via https://t.co/k2mdvHJlgM ) https://t.co/K96Yhn2hFc
Self-organized learning with friends.(fsemantic tag: "Rats" live in The Hole in the Wall)https://t.co/HCzauYHZ1t https://t.co/bUWNB2GG5H
Searching my twitter mind palace leads serendipitously to examples of synchronicity within collective foraging: https://t.co/TXCmeyfyE2
"A distributed process can be messy and not fully predictable, yet can provide greater resilience..."https://t.co/cyjMwV9UkN via @f00_ https://t.co/82T8k2LaUA
"...explores the idea that this cleverness has evolved through the increasing complexity of social groups."https://t.co/2V0ddXHcbO https://t.co/DtjeJCjhfI
"…types biased in interactions towards their own types can enhancediffusion to a significant fraction of both…"https://t.co/O1AdV58p8l https://t.co/Onezde1FLl
Do what swarms do, when speed is important, act local, When accuracy is important, establish a quorum. https://t.co/OkwNKkJDYH
Degree of uninformed/low-preference individuals in population changes which strategy ends up dominating consensus.https://t.co/P1C13CFmKk
"…you look like a fool, but your brain's tendency to conform evolved to protect you and might even help you succeed" https://t.co/FwXbRh5QaD
"you refine and refine and refine, and the patterns emerge, and the group gets clarity and you answer the question."https://t.co/Z18cFNrYFX https://t.co/Jyc232cLyE
As it's wont to do, our monkey sphere is boiling over.Phase changes in the system we assumed was steady state.https://t.co/YSD60Vx1Rp https://t.co/ko7caNkdR0
"When a stream is strengthened through such behaviors, every participating network is strengthened."https://t.co/7qNufCG8wk https://t.co/9oy3onhPCf
"A theory of collective homeostasis; risk mitigation in cruel world."https://t.co/P359ozzMuJ
"I'm often asked about the parallels between ants and humans. Are there any? Well, it turns out there are..."https://t.co/lAYea2jkPe
The speed vs accuracy trade-off in human cognition norms as it relates to productivity.https://t.co/lFnVylwBXH https://t.co/8zRe1IAI9A
Sublinear"...you have to innovate faster and faster and faster. [...] We have to accelerate on a continuous basis."https://t.co/fO4nOvyREL
How stable is cooperation? What game loops are needed to ensure the future doesn't go full conglomerate rule?https://t.co/9S70LJPfjJ
Musing on the failure state of the public goods games, but in terms of pumpkin spice market saturation.https://t.co/RrdeSuhiSj
Questioning the scope of "Theory of the Firm".https://t.co/q44vRODMDk
Asking hard questions about the nature of the market.https://t.co/HLTwICn0Zy
"Do something that changes software quality by some order of magnitude not little incremental stuff." [2011]https://t.co/qjWL8I0IKG
Is Conway's Law is eating your job? Yes.@hintjens explains: https://t.co/Kkp2OpVjEi