Comments on: The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 http://zenofnptech.org/2006/11/the-wealth-of-n.html Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:25:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michelle Murrain http://zenofnptech.org/2006/11/the-wealth-of-n.html/comment-page-1#comment-64 Michelle Murrain Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:24:23 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.com/?p=55#comment-64 Hi John, I'm glad you enjoy the blog! And yes, I think there is a middle way - there are times when peer production just rocks, and times when it makes things much harder. I think a lot of the fear of peer production is around control. It's hard to control such an organic process, and control is something a lot of people really like. Thanks for the comments! Hi John,

I’m glad you enjoy the blog! And yes, I think there is a middle way – there are times when peer production just rocks, and times when it makes things much harder.

I think a lot of the fear of peer production is around control. It’s hard to control such an organic process, and control is something a lot of people really like.

Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: John Powers http://zenofnptech.org/2006/11/the-wealth-of-n.html/comment-page-1#comment-63 John Powers Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:54:21 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.com/?p=55#comment-63 Just checking in to say how much I enjoy your blog. I found it through Beth's Blog. Peer production is amazing and wonderful. At Omidyar Network there's been an effort to write proposals for 9 $5,000 grants. Watching the collaboration of people across time zones developing these proposals has really been inspiring to me. But peer production also scares people silly. I'm not sure I quite understand the fear, but it's something to pay attention to. The other side of the coin is the presumption that all of the production of the social sphere will be benign. The middle way isn't splitting the difference. Still thinking about a middle way suggests where not always faced with binary choices. Perhaps a bit of the "Zen" you offer here in your valuable blog. Just checking in to say how much I enjoy your blog. I found it through Beth’s Blog.

Peer production is amazing and wonderful. At Omidyar Network there’s been an effort to write proposals for 9 $5,000 grants. Watching the collaboration of people across time zones developing these proposals has really been inspiring to me.

But peer production also scares people silly. I’m not sure I quite understand the fear, but it’s something to pay attention to. The other side of the coin is the presumption that all of the production of the social sphere will be benign.

The middle way isn’t splitting the difference. Still thinking about a middle way suggests where not always faced with binary choices. Perhaps a bit of the “Zen” you offer here in your valuable blog.

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