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 ====== Theoretical basis of the network society ======
-When we think to a network the first thing that rise in our mind probably is the computers connected to a server by ethernet cables.
+When we think to a network the first thing that rise in our mind probably are computers connected to servers by ethernet cables / wifi.
+Our society can also be seen as a network where the computers are the people, the ethernet cables / wifi are the trust relations and the servers are the representers.
+===== Converging Theories =====
+==== Penrose method ====
+//The Penrose method (or square-root method) is a method devised in 1946 by Professor Lionel Penrose for allocating the voting weights of delegations (possibly a single representative) in decision-making bodies proportional to the square root of the population represented by this delegation. //
+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_method]]
-Our society can be seen also as a network where the computers are the people, the ethernet cables are their trust relations and the servers are their representers.
 ==== Metcalfe's law ====
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-==== How to smooth networks greediness ====
+===== How to smooth networks greediness =====
-According to the theoretical behaviours of networks, larger groups will dominate the entire network, because of their huge gravity and marginal utility.
+According to the theoretical behaviours of networks, larger groups will dominate the entire network, because of their huge "gravity" and marginal utility.
 This explain the big power of such companies like MS, Apple, Google that crunches any other small one.
-Let's immagine a non weighted liquidfeedback system where the 30.000 pirates of germany and the 10.000 pirates of the rest of the world vote togheter. Of course germany would dominate the world!
+Let's immagine a non weighted liquidfeedback system where the 30.000 pirates of germany and the 10.000 pirates of the rest of the world can vote togheter. Of course germany would dominate the world!
-The solution to put in balance the groups avoiding greedy behaviours is to smooth their power by the inverse function of the square:
-   **the square root**
+==== Solution ====
+The solution to balance the groups, avoiding greedy behaviours, is to smooth the power by using the inverse function of the square: **the square root**.