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    "title": "Amateur Revolution",
    "author": "pmjones",
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            "title": "Emergence",
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    "html": "<p>Fast Company points out that many disciplines are being subjected to an <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/subscr/87/open_essay.html\">Amateur Revolution</a>.  The essay points out that linked networks of large numbers of amateurs can come up with \"more, faster, and better\" where small numbers of unlinked professionals cannot.  This is a perfect example of an emergent phenomenon, in that we have small pieces (the amateurs) loosely joined (via the Internet) that spontaneously self-organize (because they have similar interests and coordinate among themselves) to solve problems and share information (becuase fame and accuracy help to build high-value reputation capital in the community).</p>\n"
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