clay forsberg
Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read

The phenomena of decentralized activity was best articulated in the philosophy or Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in the ’60s through their description of Rhizomes. Deleuze and Guattari broke down their rhizomatic social philosophy into several components. The one I view applicable to platforms and this piece is the Smooth Space.

The platform or naked infrastructure on which the community and in turn the array of “need and opportunity based activities”operate is called the Smooth Space. This platform is not formally defined, but rather takes the form of the influences that inhabit it. These influences can include meaningful communication, existing organizations (government and other) as well as social norms, ideals and community expectations. What a community does and creates with its Smooth Space will determine the well-being of its populace. It is the duty of the Rhizome structure and its Smooth Space to accommodate and nurture the intangible, serendipitous, sensual and tactical engagements of all the members of its community (i.e. empathy, creativity, collaboration and self-actualization).

It’s the actions and we do with what construct that matters.

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