Okay. I’m not sure whether I agree precisely but agree that that’s the valid hypothesis, which I hadn’t considered before in quite these terms, and updates my model a bit.
Collocation of groups representing (others’) conflicting interests represents increased opportunity for corruption, not for generative collaboration.
The version of this that I’d more obviously endorse goes:
Collocation of groups representing conflicting interests represents increased opportunity for corruption.
Collocation of people who are building models represents increased opportunity for generative collaboration.
Collocation of people who are strategizing together represents increased opportunity for working on complex goals that require shared complex models, and/or shared complex plans. (Again, as said elsethread, I agree that plans are models are different, but I think they are subject to a lot of the same forces, with plans being subject to some additional forces as well)
I also think “sharing a narrative” and “building technical social models” are different, although easily confused (both from the outside and inside – I’m not actually sure which confusion is easier). But you do actually need social models if you’re tackling social domains, which do actually benefit from interpersonal generativity.
Okay. I’m not sure whether I agree precisely but agree that that’s the valid hypothesis, which I hadn’t considered before in quite these terms, and updates my model a bit.
The version of this that I’d more obviously endorse goes:
Collocation of groups representing conflicting interests represents increased opportunity for corruption.
Collocation of people who are building models represents increased opportunity for generative collaboration.
Collocation of people who are strategizing together represents increased opportunity for working on complex goals that require shared complex models, and/or shared complex plans. (Again, as said elsethread, I agree that plans are models are different, but I think they are subject to a lot of the same forces, with plans being subject to some additional forces as well)
These are all true, and indeed in tension.
I also think “sharing a narrative” and “building technical social models” are different, although easily confused (both from the outside and inside – I’m not actually sure which confusion is easier). But you do actually need social models if you’re tackling social domains, which do actually benefit from interpersonal generativity.