Innovations adapt to survive and thrive; for things like Wikipedia, he [Clay Shirky] suggests that increased governance is an evolutionary adaptation necessary for survival. I have tended to agree with him, but now I’m not so sure. I think the retrograde nature of the adaptation is a cause for concern, and that we ought to look at new governance models, not variations of the old.
Note: There are so many quotable points in JP’s blog posts, I find myself quoting him all the time. Oh well, that’s the way it goes…
