Been trying to align Twitter to some economic theory. I a dug around, I came across "Spontaneous order".
First of all - WAY cool concept...
"Spontaneous order is the spontaneous emergence of order out of seeming chaos; the emergence of various kinds of social order from a combination of self-interested individuals who are not intentionally trying to create order." (Wikipedia)
Second, seems to have roots in the Scottish Enlightenment, my FAVORITE enlightenment of all time.
Third, seems to be a good match to what happens in Twitter, but I need to mull it over more.
Am I the only semi-tech literate person in the world who is completely annoyed by Twitter?
ReplyDeleteBetter be careful there PAt, we might have to pull your lemming card.
ReplyDeleteSimilar article discusses "group intelligence" comparing Facebook to Twitter:
ReplyDeletehttp://innuendoo.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/twitters-group-intelligence-vs-computers-artificial-intelligence/