I think there’s another dimension that we’re not exploring here and I hope it provides an angle for solving the problem: the size of the community. I very much agree the problem is intractable as you describe it if we consider the social space as one, but we can perhaps construct a Darwinian path of incremental improvements if we start with the local and gradually make our way up. From 1:1, small groups, larger groups, small communities to larger communities and maybe (finally?) the sociosphere.
What perhaps is missing in terms of implementation is a semantics for merging. What does it mean for a community to merge with another? Currently, that’s either very hairy or unanswerable. My wish is that we create something that has enough traction at the bottom and a means of joining up collectives voluntarily.
I think there’s another dimension that we’re not exploring here and I hope it provides an angle for solving the problem: the size of the community. I very much agree the problem is intractable as you describe it if we consider the social space as one, but we can perhaps construct a Darwinian path of incremental improvements if we start with the local and gradually make our way up. From 1:1, small groups, larger groups, small communities to larger communities and maybe (finally?) the sociosphere.
What perhaps is missing in terms of implementation is a semantics for merging. What does it mean for a community to merge with another? Currently, that’s either very hairy or unanswerable. My wish is that we create something that has enough traction at the bottom and a means of joining up collectives voluntarily.