Originally by: Koronos

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Originally by: Vogue

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Edited by: Vogue on 04/09/2010 22:15:04
For general edification read this: Schismogenesis

Systems of holding back are also a form of schismogenesis. They are defined as "mutually aggregating spirals which lead people to hold back contributions they could make because others hold back contributions they could make."[6] . In Systems intelligence literature it is held that human interaction has a tendency to fall into such systems unless conscious effort is made to counter this tendency. For example, although most managers would want to give support to their team and most team members would like to receive such support many times support does not result. This is because both parties might feel that the other party is not giving enough and thus they will themselves hold back what they in the best case could give. It has been suggested that systems of holding back are "the single most important key to life-decreasing, reciprocity-trivializing and vitality-downgrading mechanisms in human life."

waddless off to find more alcohol

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That's a pretty badass quote. And while it's not surprising that a dude with abandonment issues would develop a theory like that, it has a lot of merit, to a point. I'd say the reverse also holds a lot of merit, particularly when applied to Internet Spaceships, which is why there's this catch-22 that the charismatic/fun to fly with/motivating leader that can be so valuable in building an alliance naturally also is the cause/catalyst/scapegoat for the failure cascade when they are absent/emoragequit/burn out.

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