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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 huge power of such big companies like MS, Apple, Google that crunches any other small one.
+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!
+==== 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**.