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Collaborative online communities have to tackle classical political issues such as who is in control over what, and who is guarding the guardians.
Yes, I start with keeping a watch on Comrade Shirky myself, first and foremost:
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2008/09/no-picnic.html
“Furthermore, there are activities where open collaboration would not be such a good idea – in general activities involving highly specialized knowledge and risk, like brain surgery.”
I am *so relieved* that Shirky will not be wikifying my brain surgery, should I require it. Now following that logic, perhaps he could also get refrain from manipulating our political process and stick to the Perl help line.
here are activities where open collaboration would not be such a good idea
in general activities involving highly specialized knowledge and risk