[p2p-research] P2P Ideology

[Samuel Rose]

I think we have collectively come to a realization here (including
what Michel  said):

In p2p systems, it is the simple rules that tend to be fractal.

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We need a Fernhoutian Flurry on Fractals.
> R.
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Sam,
>> >
>> > Does this imply a "fractal" nature of P2P?  How does fractal relate to
>> > emergent.  Emergent seems to disallow analysis to me. Ever fresh seems
>> > to be
>> > impossible to appreciate.  Nature has rules.  DNA.  Is there an
>> > underlying
>> > P2P rule set?  Or is that necessarily unknowable due to the locally
>> > emergent
>> > possibilities?
>> >
>> > Ryan
>> >
>>
>>
>> Emergent may seem to defy analysis, but there are simple rules that
>> are at play, and constraints in systems/environments
>>
>> As I have already said in this thread, there are definitely simple
>> rules, there are definitely factors that are identifiable. Nature has
>> rules like DNA, and yet nature created an explosion of localized
>> diversity.
>>
>> I think it does imply a "partially" fractal nature, where systems can
>> be replicated efficiently, they will probably be replicated. But,
>> unique local conditions will rise in importance, where they may
>> currently or previously have been supressed by mass culture
>>
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