Robin Berjon: “This is a great book, but I wouldn't necessarily begin there for mechanisms,…”

Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 2 Jan 2022

Replying to @markus_stoor and @neilturkewitz, @BrettFrischmann

This is a great book, but I wouldn't necessarily begin there for mechanisms, institutions, incentives, agency. It assumes background knowledge. This is one paper worth reading on MD as techniques of control: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 2 Jan 2022

If you're not familiar with commons, this is a simple and clear intro that gives a sense of how much work the idea can do:

Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 20 Jul 2021

Replying to an earlier tweet of mine

"The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom: Essential Lessons for Collective Action", by @ErikNordman. A very clear and accessible blend of introduction to the commons and of a light intellectual biography of Elinor Ostrom. A great way to discover this topic and its breadth.

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Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 2 Jan 2022

Then there's the book to read to get into institutional analysis:

Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 30 Jun 2021

Replying to an earlier tweet of mine

"Understanding Institutional Diversity", by Elinor Ostrom. Dense but rewarding. There is a lot in there that can be usefully repurposed to both understand and govern collective technologies.

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Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 2 Jan 2022

And then this one has a lot about how to think about nudges, that are a technique of control next door to mechanism design:

Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 17 Jul 2021

Replying to an earlier tweet of mine

"Re-Engineering Humanity", by @BrettFrischmann and @EvanSelinger. It's impossible to summarise this book, covering so many issues, explorations, and ideas about techno-social engineering and humanity. It felt like a cheat code forward on a number of problems I'm interested in.

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Robin Berjon @robinberjon · 2 Jan 2022

And then there's a lot more! But that's probably a good start.

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