That’s a really good point. There is no legal problem or pitfalls, thank goodness, but it is difficult to explain Edgeryders to the people that stand on the outside. Decentralized, emergent dynamics don’t make intuitive sense to the ape brain – and ape brain is all we got. So you are likely to find yourself in a situation of Crowdsorcerers vs. Muggles. “Wait – you mean no one is in charge of the program?” “It’s more like everyone’s in charge.” “But what if people deface your whole program filling it with vile and stupid things?” “Why would they do that? It’s their conference too. Plus, if someone did put in something stupid, people would just ignore it, and the person would perform its stupid act on her own, while everyone else is off doing something interesting.” We’ve all been there. Every sufficiently advanced community management technique is indistinguishable from magic.
Here is one of my better attempts at explaining Edgeryders. Money quote:
We [are] the skunkworks of the global society, the Foreign Legion of social innovation, the people that have little to lose, and so can afford to go to the ugliest places and take on the scariest work.
I recommend you also consider showing videos. I recommend this playlist for the unMonastery. Personal picks:
One of the programmers emailed me about showing my short film there in October and I checked out their website (having no prior knowledge of the event) and immediately thought of EdgeRyders and that it might be a place where participants from Idea Festival would benefit and be a benefit to the work we are doing.
Any thoughts? I know its happening September 30-Oct 3rd. I think I will be in Oaxaca Oct 1-5 for a film festival, so I don’t know that I will attend, but thought it might be a good place to share information about Edgeryders.
but it’s happening next Saturday and the schedule is already done. I am meeting Scott form the Baumhaus today may be try to squeeze a part for Edgeryders LOTE . It could be useful as it is before the meetup.
can someone from Berlin be able to show up at this event ?
the presentation of edgeryders at emergent Berlin fest will take place at 20:45 next Saturday.
it’s a short talk (8-10 min ) presentation and the rest of the 15 min is for feedback and questions
the proposed frame work ( it could change that’s only what was sent as a description of the presentation )
What is edgeryders
What’s happening now on the edge ( what’s LOTE4 living on the edge : the stewardship )
How to get involved
Meet up with the UnMonks in Berlin on the 21 August
@danohu I put you as a presenter for the Day - I think it’s ok form the above conversation- I can help preparing the presentation with you ( free tomorrow morning ?) . anyway if you don’t want to @SamMuirhead@Dorotea and me will be there .
@elf Pavlik with the new timing I think u can’t make it because of the MKS room ?
Great! I’ll prepare a presentation along those lines, and copying some bits from the videos linked upthread. It sounds like the presentations are outside – given that, it’s probably better to just talk rather than trying to use slides (?).
@danohu presentations are indoors , so slides are ok - if needed -
it’s up to you , there would be a projector anyways so everything is possible in the background ( video - slides - the platform - edgesense ) but it has to be short ( 8-10 min)
wanted to thank you @danohu for the effort you made for the presentation .did a good job even with the not working file for the presentation and with a tired audience from a very long day .
it’s really nice to see how different “nodes” in the edgeryders’ “network” get engaged and be part of it and how all of us see the BIG network a bit different. It’s amazing to see how it goes on expanding without hierarchy.
anyway the berlin nodes are still active with the tour will you be around in the 21st for the meetup ?
will you be around in the 21st for the meetup ?