For Etienne Wenger, learning is central to human identity...best achieved through a community of practice that's continuously creating a shared identity and negotiating meaning. CoPs are usually formed within a single discipline in order to focus efforts
information theory and trillions of interconnected binary logic gates give the Internet far greater potential for enhancing social interactivity. They create a new high-bandwidth mode among or between communities in real, biological space, binding and ext
MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign have pioneered new models for democratic, flexible, "network-centric" approaches, but many organizations stick resolutely to traditional "ego-centric" methods. There's a simmering tension between ego-centric thinkin