Comments on: Simulated Shopping http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/03/simulated-shopping Ben Hyde Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:26:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bhyde http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/03/simulated-shopping/comment-page-1#comment-1875 bhyde Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:37:06 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1976#comment-1875 Diversity is a metric, the slope on the power-law curve, and things happen depending. But you can't have it both ways; if the network reduces diversity it is a dangerous delusion to say otherwise. Diversity is a metric, the slope on the power-law curve, and things happen depending. But you can’t have it both ways; if the network reduces diversity it is a dangerous delusion to say otherwise.

]]> By: Benjamin Smedberg http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2009/03/simulated-shopping/comment-page-1#comment-1711 Benjamin Smedberg Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:57:33 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1976#comment-1711 Is reduced diversity inherently a bad thing? It seems that, especially in the case of tools and books, growing a shared culture around a small set of shared tools and books is better than having endless diversity. I do worry about the intermediaries secretly influencing the market for their own monetary gain, but if it's done in public, I'd think that reduced diversity is not inherently bad. Is reduced diversity inherently a bad thing? It seems that, especially in the case of tools and books, growing a shared culture around a small set of shared tools and books is better than having endless diversity.

I do worry about the intermediaries secretly influencing the market for their own monetary gain, but if it’s done in public, I’d think that reduced diversity is not inherently bad.

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