Virtual Communities and Peer Production

1. Computers are a radically inexpensive means of production

1.1. knowledge

1.2. news

1.3. entertainment

1.4. education

1.5. software

1.6. political persuasion

2. Critical Mass of Motivated Volunteers

3. Institutions for Collective Action

4. Global Network for Distribution and Coordination

5. Networked Community

5.1. Culture of Conversation

5.1.1. The 5 Eyes

5.1.1.1. Hypothesize

5.1.1.2. Synthesize

5.1.1.3. Analyze

5.1.1.4. Internalize

5.1.1.5. Criticize

5.1.2. 9 Legs: Keeping the Conversation Moving

5.1.2.1. Agree

5.1.2.2. Question

5.1.2.3. Enhance

5.1.2.4. Answer

5.1.2.5. Disagree

5.1.2.6. Build

5.1.2.7. Weave

5.1.2.8. Re-direct

5.1.2.9. Re-think

5.2. Host

5.2.1. Civil Discourse

5.2.1.1. Community Constitution

5.2.1.2. Patience

5.2.1.3. Enabling and Enhancing Others

5.2.1.4. Introductions

5.2.1.5. Conflict Resolution

6. Institutional Mechanisms of Bureacracy

6.1. Rule Setting

6.2. Centralized Authority

6.3. Hierarchical Production

6.4. Accountability

6.5. Inclusion

7. Why Contribute?

7.1. Learning

7.2. Pleasure

7.3. Reputation Capital

7.3.1. social captial

7.3.2. financial capital

7.4. Contributing to an Alternative

7.5. "Sticking it to the Man"

7.6. Scratch an Itch

8. Self-Election

8.1. repairs made to malfunctions

8.2. innovations improve the system

8.3. more efficient systems evolve

9. Open Source

9.1. Linux

9.2. Firefox

9.3. MySQL

9.4. And many more...

10. The Public Goods Problem

10.1. "Why should I pay if someone else will?"

10.2. Free Riders

11. Capitalism

11.1. High Costs

11.1.1. Factories

11.1.2. Offices

11.1.3. Other Means of Production

11.2. Capital Investment

11.2.1. Beyond What Workers Can Contribute

11.2.2. Institutionalized Management Structure