careful.
1) networks
the issue with networks is that they can function to create systems of priviledge. these systems give certain individuals accelerated access to resources, whether material, social, or economic. in this way, networks function to create a 'fast track' that nearly always, over time, becomes closed to the 'uninitiated.' these is certainly discussion that can occur as to whether or not this is a necessary social function to some extent, but one thing that is certain is that these systems of priviledge give way to a hierarchy. once hierarchy has been established, quality of work, amount of effort, or strength of purpose no longer functions as the dominate factor in the spread of ideas. what matters is that you know another individual that can essentially do you work for you, to get you 'in.'
2) replication of systems
organizations, collectives, groups. these are often formed with an inention towards resisting the dominate way in which things are done in a given social structure. however, since the members come from within the very structure they seek to resist, they have been socialized with the dominate system of interaction for all their lives. this leads to a phenomenon often called 'the replication of systems.' often, unintentionally, we replicate the very systems we wish to destroy.
the issue with networks is that they can function to create systems of priviledge. these systems give certain individuals accelerated access to resources, whether material, social, or economic. in this way, networks function to create a 'fast track' that nearly always, over time, becomes closed to the 'uninitiated.' these is certainly discussion that can occur as to whether or not this is a necessary social function to some extent, but one thing that is certain is that these systems of priviledge give way to a hierarchy. once hierarchy has been established, quality of work, amount of effort, or strength of purpose no longer functions as the dominate factor in the spread of ideas. what matters is that you know another individual that can essentially do you work for you, to get you 'in.'
2) replication of systems
organizations, collectives, groups. these are often formed with an inention towards resisting the dominate way in which things are done in a given social structure. however, since the members come from within the very structure they seek to resist, they have been socialized with the dominate system of interaction for all their lives. this leads to a phenomenon often called 'the replication of systems.' often, unintentionally, we replicate the very systems we wish to destroy.