"Context is that which is scarce" - Marginal REVOLUTION

When judgment, or narrative come up in the context of digital networks, the conversation often goes one of two directions. The first is to identify the lack of common context on social media, nothing the confusion and contention that emerges from this kind of discourse. The second is to note that knowledge communities tend to cloister themselves on... See more

One thing that complicates people’s willingness to devote their energy to vibrancy is context collapse, a term that Alice Marwick and I coined long ago. When a social media site grows slow and steady, it starts out for each user as a coherent context. Things get dicy over time as people struggle to figure out how to navigate divergent networks. But... See more

Especially true for remote work but true for all knowledge work organizations it’s important to emphasize context over control: Context almost happens naturally in small organizations composed of individuals who work in the same room and share the same desk. Once a company starts to grow, context is one of the first things to fall apart. Because of... See more