(2011-02-16) Paquet Emergent City Group Forming

Seb Paquet notes a number of people with similar interests around the Network Economy. (John Robb, Michel Bauwens, etc.)

I think we're about to see the emergence of a new way of conducting innovation that operates quasi-independently of the current Money system.

*What I see emerging is a set of tools and customs -- cognitive infrastructure, when you think about it -- that will give us the necessary scaffolding to grow a multitude of virtual "cities". These cities will bring together people with shared values and orientations towards the future, and who are in a position to Collabor Ate to bring something new into the world. They are part and parcel of the burgeoning Relationship Economy.

No current-day structure really corresponds to this kind of "city". Is it a school? Is it a business? Is it a bank? A venture capital fund? An economy? Is it a lab? An incubator? Is it a creative space? Is it a living space? A community? A network? It is all of those at the same time.

Joining the right emergent city provides a creative person with affordances to: Share her ideas and goals; Get oriented in the network of members; Enter relationships with people who need what she wants to create; Become known (gain "currency") and build reputation and trust relationships; Get support in the form of knowledge and perhaps time; Find partners who share her intent; Develop the skills she needs; Mentor others who are on a similar path; Feel a sense of belonging; Disengage, if she's not getting what she needs.* (Virtual Community)

Boy, wouldn't it be nice if they were in a WikiWeb with Sister Sites so they could accrete a Shared Vocabulary?

Hmm, not much there about actually doing anything (D And D). I'm really interested in Group Forming that leads to products. (Virtual Company)