Comments on: Social capital isn’t new, but everything about it is.

By: Game design, the secret to reconstructing capitalism. | Taylor Davidson

Game design, the secret to reconstructing capitalism. | Taylor Davidson — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:33:46 +0000

[...] To build individual status and social capital, [...]

By: a defense of social capital as capital « orgtheory.net

a defense of social capital as capital « orgtheory.net — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:10:01 +0000

[...] a comment » Taylor Davidson revives the discussion (also carried on recently over at Orgs and Markets) over whether social capital is really [...]

By: Social Venture Commons: empowering a new organizational design model | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:51:06 +0000

[...] on social capital and organizational design… Learning how to design organizations that reduce (or even eliminate) the “deadweight [...]

By: Weekend Reading | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson

Weekend Reading | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:48:02 +0000

[...] More thoughts on the nature and use of social capital: [...]

By: Adding to the Cacophony | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson

Adding to the Cacophony | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:47:17 +0000

[...] … to power our personal “freemium” life models… … by enabling us to create and “exchange” social capital… … and lower our inter-personal transaction costs… … and create cheaper [...]

By: New organizational structures are enabling conversations and creating new markets. | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:46:15 +0000

[...] Me, Social capital isn’t new, but everything about it is. [...]

By: OMNT Links of the Week #10 | Old Media, New Tricks

OMNT Links of the Week #10 | Old Media, New Tricks — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:34:19 +0000

[...] the concept of social capital isn’t new at all. Taylor Davidson from Unstructured Ventures chews on that last piece for a [...]

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:33:00 +0000

…highlighting my need to dig back into economic theory

By: Michael Cayley

Michael Cayley — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:24:00 +0000

I like Lin’s definition better because it breaks out the intrinsic (individual assets) and extrinsic (collective assets) because it enables us to root the idea of social capital in traditional economics. I.e. investments in social capital are made by self interested individuals.

By: Michael Cayley

Michael Cayley — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:22:00 +0000

We of course, do spend shared resources all the time. Like when a polluter dumps waste into a river. Sadly, they are spending your right to common assets.