Point System

Point System

Commons-based peer production, the emerging third model of production I describe here, relies on decentralized information gathering and exchange to reduce the uncertainty of participants. It has particular advantages as an information process for identifying and allocating human creativity available to work on information and cultural resources (PIORE & SABLE, 1984). It depends on very large aggregations of individuals independently scouting their information environment in search of opportunities to be creative in small or large increments. If the problems of motivation and organization can be solved, then commons-based peer production has two major advantages over firms and markets. Given ...