Comments on: Link Value http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2004/04/link-value Ben Hyde Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Santiago Gala http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2004/04/link-value#comment-122 Santiago Gala Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2004/04/link-value/#comment-122 In the first part of the cartoon there is something additional missing: if a given A links coherently lots of Bs, A's reputation actually increases, i.e. A is printing currency, and becoming a bank (specialized on Bs area). So, any behavior that looks at links as currency has to take into account that it is not at all a zero sum game, i.e., that link money is not scarce, again. Or, the way I'm beginning to see links is like in a gift culture: when I link you, I'm showing I am a good attention broker, and thus, becoming healthier. It is the "derivatives market" again. And, like in any exchange market, when lots of traders point in the same direction, market movements do occur. Obviously there is a continuum: nobody is ia "pure" content producer (except maybe poets or coders), and most of the people add some bit of content to the mixture, even when it is pure "re-mix"/linking (at the very least, the Point of View/aggregation, which is an essential component in art). Confusing? Maybe we should paraphrase the ancient Chinese saying: When the wise man links the moon, the idiot looks at the moon. ;) In the first part of the cartoon there is something additional missing: if a given A links coherently lots of Bs, A’s reputation actually increases, i.e. A is printing currency, and becoming a bank (specialized on Bs area). So, any behavior that looks at links as currency has to take into account that it is not at all a zero sum game, i.e., that link money is not scarce, again.

Or, the way I’m beginning to see links is like in a gift culture: when I link you, I’m showing I am a good attention broker, and thus, becoming healthier. It is the “derivatives market” again.

And, like in any exchange market, when lots of traders point in the same direction, market movements do occur. Obviously there is a continuum: nobody is ia “pure” content producer (except maybe poets or coders), and most of the people add some bit of content to the mixture, even when it is pure “re-mix”/linking (at the very least, the Point of View/aggregation, which is an essential component in art).

Confusing? Maybe we should paraphrase the ancient Chinese saying: When the wise man links the moon, the idiot looks at the moon. ;)

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