http://interconnected.org/home/mini/_8765 Links alongside interconnected.org (Single link 8765) Copyright Matt Webb http://interconnected.org/home/2002/11/19/the_idea_of_a_social "Just as rhetoric presents a methodology for telic conversation (conversation abstracted to be directed), social rhetoric can present a methodology for telic community or teams (a group abstracted to be directed). Social rhetoric has the properties of being available for anyone to use; able to operate within a restricted environment; of being able to handle ambiguities, exceptions, and what happens when individuals operate in a way that isn't immediately handled by the rules (so instead of rules it's a network of incentive fields). Now deriving social rhetoric is the hard part. I have three suggestions."

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