Hi Howard, Robert and all - I'm one of the newbies to the Cooperation Commons group. I run a small nonprofit that bundles microscholarships and other digital goods for grassroots initiatives in poor areas.
I've become increasingly intrigued by deep patterns in co-creation projects and by a new type of user profile trustnets. Here are a few links that may relate: - Digital "gifts on a beach" - catalyzing free institutions in places where states are collapsing: http://slidesha.re/95PNyq - Narrative fractals for cooperative ventures in trust networks: http://www.quora.com/What-are-narrative-fractals - "Social tetrahedrons" as a basis for user profiles: http://j.mp/bQn4jt - A future game idea for virtual->actual change: http://j.mp/edbSf I'll welcome comments and ideas for improvements. Look forward to upcoming conversations! Best, Mark Frazier Openworld http://www.openworld.com @openworld (twitter) On 9/2/10 9:48 AM, "Earl Vickers" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Howard and all, > > Glad to find this group! > > I'm finishing up a paper for the Audio Engineering Society that > analyzes the "loudness war" in terms of game theory and cooperation > theory. Basically, the loudness war involves the fact that record > companies are applying more and more dynamic range compression to CDs > to try to make each one louder than all the others. As a result, CDs > now have less dynamic range than a 1909 Edison cylinder (!), and > people end up tuning out because of listening fatigue and lack of > dynamics and excitement. (This has nothing to do with the final > playback volume - listeners have their own volume controls and can > turn it up as loud as they want - it just relates to producers > squashing the dynamics.) > > So the idea is that each company tries to make their CDs the loudest, > but since everyone is doing that, they end up with no real advantage, > and it may be adversely affecting the overall industry - a typical > social dilemma. Among other things, I'm presenting some studies > showing that we may have gone to loudness war based on a lie: while > listeners do prefer the louder of two otherwise identical recordings, > loudness appears to have an insignificant effect when choosing > between two different songs. Also, there appears to be no significant > correlation between loudness and sales rankings. It looks like people > may buy music primarily because they like it, not because it's louder > than other music. > > I'm looking for a real-world example of people playing the wrong game > based on false assumptions - for example, playing a > non-(prisoner's)-dilemma as if it were a dilemma, or playing a > non-zero-sum game as if it were zero-sum. Any ideas? > > Earl > http://www.sfxmachine.com > > >> Thanks for nudging us awake again, Robert. I know that several >> people have joined in recent weeks. I am still interested in the >> subject and I use http://cooperationcommons.com -- especially the >> summaries -- all the time. >> >> >> Howard Rheingold [email protected] http://twitter.com/hrheingold >> http://www.rheingold.com http://www.smartmobs.com >> http://vlog.rheingold.com >> what it is ---> is --->up to us >> >> >> >> On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Robert Link wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> CoCos, >>> >>> We've been quiet quite a while. What are folks up to? I have added a >>> handful of new names to the list today, and hope they will each >>> introduce themselves to the group. Likewise, it would be great to hear >>> from each and everyone one of you. Does CoCo still represent a resource >>> to you? How best can we reactivate you? You, personally, as an >>> individual? >>> >>> As for me, I've taken the California Bar a 3rd time since my last post, >>> and am currently working on setting up a drupal site for a local >>> volunteer board. This put me on the #drupal-support channel in freenode, >>> where I spotted one of our own. >>> >>> Peace, >>> >>> rl >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "CooperationCommons" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "CooperationCommons" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en.
