Sorry for spamming the list with Clay Shirky ideas lately, but here we are bumping up against another one.
Traditional organizations start out when an activity requires coordination to be accomplished. The catch is that the organization's nominal primary activity (fostering digital business in Vermont, etc.) is always subject to the continuing existence of the organization (writing grants, etc.), and therefore is actually secondary. As a member traditional organizations I'm not bashing, just pointing out a 'fact'. But it isn't a fact. Our technology and culture have progressed. We are not fully conscious of the new reality, and therefore we don't take full advantage of it. It is now possible to accomplish that which would have historically required an organization without one. The application of this new fact to cases which could never possibly support or justify traditional organization yields a newly possible class of human endeavor, and that is exciting. There are already plenty of examples. -- Anthony Carrico
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