>Linux: A Bazaar at the Edge of Chaos
>by Ko Kuwabara
>
>This paper establishes a context for the work of Eric Raymond and his
>description of the Linux phenomenon, by examining the emerging science of
>complex adaptive systems pioneered by John Holland, Christopher Langton,
>Robert Axelrod, among others. Raymond's evolutionary view is given an extended
>and more formal treatment under the terms of chaos and complexity, and chaos
>and complexity under the terms of sociology. In addition, this paper presents
>an ethnographic account of Linux, amassed from a series of electronic mail
>interviews with kernel developers. These interviews examine Linux as a social
>phenomena, which has prompted wide interest and become a subject of heated
>discussion.
>
>http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_3/kuwabara/
Sounds like a good goof, though not quite as useful as the classic paper,
"Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of
Quantum Gravity"
URL: http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2.html
--Tim May
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Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
"Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.
