I use twitter.com when I could use any of dozens of clients. In the same way, in a decentralized loosely-coupled space, most people would use Twitter, as long as it remains reliable. And they would have an incentive to be the most reliable. Today we have no choice. … Try really being good, not just saying you’re going to be good.
Twitter as a force for good? (Scripting News)
A great, could-be example by Dave Winer of what Umair Haque calls constructive capitalism.
Source: scripting.com
That’s so 20th century, it hurts. Here’s what’s so obviously, painfully wrong with the picture of people starving in the face of agricultural giants thriving: The profits earned don’t represent real value created — just a massive transfer of value from people, farmers, and communities to shareholders.
The New Paradigm of Advantage - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
Check out his model. What business are you in?
Source: blogs.hbr.org
