Comments on: Anarchy is Progress! http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/26/anarchy-is-progress/ Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Intelligent Organizations for the Rest of Us || July || 2008 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/26/anarchy-is-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-163160 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Intelligent Organizations for the Rest of Us || July || 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:09:50 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/23/anarchy-is-progress/#comment-163160 [...] away from the self-organizing aspect of the organization I described yesterday (as usual, I hold anarchy as a romantic ideal) and towards an organization where the job of managers is to frame the company vision so as to make [...] [...] away from the self-organizing aspect of the organization I described yesterday (as usual, I hold anarchy as a romantic ideal) and towards an organization where the job of managers is to frame the company vision so as to make [...]

]]> By: The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || Responsibility http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/26/anarchy-is-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-802 The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || Responsibility Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:03:13 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/23/anarchy-is-progress/#comment-802 [...] In general, I tend to believe in individual freedom and individual responsibility. Heck, I’m a borderline anarchist. “An ye harm none, do as thou wilt”, and all that. But this is one of those weeks (as many of you know) where I’m questioning that. Because even if I think I am only risking myself, I’m not. I am embedded in communities, of family, of friends, of work, of sports, etc. If I were to injure myself, it doesn’t just affect me; it has a rippling effect outwards on all the people I interact with, all the members of my communities. For some of them, it would have barely any effect at all (my informal ultimate frisbee league wouldn’t miss a beat, nor would the chorus), but for others, it would be devastating. So where does the balance lie? When am I taking on too much risk? [...] [...] In general, I tend to believe in individual freedom and individual responsibility. Heck, I’m a borderline anarchist. “An ye harm none, do as thou wilt”, and all that. But this is one of those weeks (as many of you know) where I’m questioning that. Because even if I think I am only risking myself, I’m not. I am embedded in communities, of family, of friends, of work, of sports, etc. If I were to injure myself, it doesn’t just affect me; it has a rippling effect outwards on all the people I interact with, all the members of my communities. For some of them, it would have barely any effect at all (my informal ultimate frisbee league wouldn’t miss a beat, nor would the chorus), but for others, it would be devastating. So where does the balance lie? When am I taking on too much risk? [...]

]]> By: The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || Designing for the Collective http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/26/anarchy-is-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-364 The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || Designing for the Collective Wed, 28 Sep 2005 06:33:34 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/23/anarchy-is-progress/#comment-364 [...] So after mulling it over today, I think that this is my current Theory of Everything: taking the idea of ever-growing collectives seriously as the basis for our cooperatively-constructed, sometimes-overlapping realities. I think that it could be used to come up with design principles that are fundamentally different than what we have now. There is no one “right” way to design something, because different collectives have different needs and different values. Figuring out ways to allow different people access to other collectives’ values in a way that respects privacy is going to be interesting. But I’m attracted to the concept of these little small-scale collectives agglomerating together in support of various things (probably my romantic anarchic tendencies showing). [...] [...] So after mulling it over today, I think that this is my current Theory of Everything: taking the idea of ever-growing collectives seriously as the basis for our cooperatively-constructed, sometimes-overlapping realities. I think that it could be used to come up with design principles that are fundamentally different than what we have now. There is no one “right” way to design something, because different collectives have different needs and different values. Figuring out ways to allow different people access to other collectives’ values in a way that respects privacy is going to be interesting. But I’m attracted to the concept of these little small-scale collectives agglomerating together in support of various things (probably my romantic anarchic tendencies showing). [...]

]]> By: The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || At Home in the Universe, by Stuart Kauffman || July || 2005 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/26/anarchy-is-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-91 The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || At Home in the Universe, by Stuart Kauffman || July || 2005 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:45:20 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/23/anarchy-is-progress/#comment-91 [...] visible Cities, by Italo Calvino Recipe for a good conversation Enlightened Selfishness Anarchy is Progress! Ultimate photo Cubicle Zen Sile [...] [...] visible Cities, by Italo Calvino Recipe for a good conversation Enlightened Selfishness Anarchy is Progress! Ultimate photo Cubicle Zen Sile [...]

]]> By: The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || Enlightened Selfishness || June || 2005 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/26/anarchy-is-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-77 The Rantings of Eric Nehrlich || Enlightened Selfishness || June || 2005 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:15:36 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2005/06/23/anarchy-is-progress/#comment-77 [...] Powered by del.icio.us and RSS Digest Recent posts Enlightened Selfishness Anarchy is Progress! Ultimate photo Cubicle Zen Sile [...] [...]
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