Difference between revisions of "The problem of coordination"
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* 10 members will have 45 cl | * 10 members will have 45 cl | ||
* 15 members will have 105 cl | * 15 members will have 105 cl | ||
| − | * | + | * 100 members will have 4950 cl |
* 300 million members will have 45,000,000,000,000,000 cl (This is the connection lines needed for true democracy in the USA) | * 300 million members will have 45,000,000,000,000,000 cl (This is the connection lines needed for true democracy in the USA) | ||
[[category: deliberation]] | [[category: deliberation]] | ||
[[category: epistemology]] | [[category: epistemology]] | ||
Revision as of 07:29, 7 September 2012
As the group getting bigger, the number of connections between members of group getting bigger. This cause slowing down of the process of coordination. If the group will use peer-to-peer equal terms deliberation, the amount of communication time will get bigger exponentially' thus sending the group to an holt. To solve this, groups usually use un-equal methods of deliberation and influence.
The mathematical formula for the number of connection lines in a group is:
cl=((n-1)^2-(n-1))/2
cl = connection lines; n = number of group members
In large numbers we can round up the equation to:
cl=(n^2)/2)
Thus, a group of:
- 2 members will have 1 cl
- 3 members will have 3 cl
- 4 members will have 6 cl
- 6 members will have 15 cl
- 10 members will have 45 cl
- 15 members will have 105 cl
- 100 members will have 4950 cl
- 300 million members will have 45,000,000,000,000,000 cl (This is the connection lines needed for true democracy in the USA)