In Reply to: And then there’s the packaging. posted by scruffy_ on September 9, 2005 at 06:39:49:
They are not sharks out to take advantage of each other, and the total knowledge required is easily distributed over a manageable number of individuals.It used to be that these communities had to be located all in one place. This is why there were nationalistic overtones to certain areas of expertise. Hitler lost the war because he chased away many of the physicists with the knowledge to build the atomic bomb.
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Follow Ups
- No, they are just a virtual community that shares goals and values. - Al Sekela 14:49:27 09/09/05 (3)
- More on what I'm getting at - scruffy_ 08:38:58 09/11/05 (1)
- The wellspring of creativity - Al Sekela 14:58:07 09/14/05 (0)
- Let me try to be more explicit - scruffy_ 08:24:03 09/10/05 (0)