The Laws of Asymmetric Competition
1. In a competition between a for-profit entity with closed proprietary strategies, and a for-benefit institution working with a community and a commons, the latter will tend to win out
2. In a competition between for profit companies, those using open/free, participatory, and commons oriented strategies will tend to win out
3. In a competition between two open ecologies, the one that successfully attracts enterpreneurial coalitions wins
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Evolution of Cooperation
"IF it's no longer about incentives, but about removing impediments"
Time frame
Typology
Cooperation &
Motivation Formats
Pre-modern
Adversarial
Extrinsic negative
Zero Sum:
Win-Lose
"Power game"
Low,
1+1 2
^
(feudal, imperial)
Modern
Zero Sum:
Win-Win: Draw
"Money game"
Average,
1+1=2
Neutral
Extrinsic positive
(market, industrial)
P2P era
Synergistic
Intrinsic positive
The 4 wins
"Wisdom Game"
High,
1+1 2
^
Institutions vs. Communities
Musical Regulation and Resistance
Site of Institutional Power
Target of Institutional Power
Legal
Ideological
Aesthetic
Praxis
REGULATION
RESISTANCE
Commercial
Technology