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The Prisoner's Dilema: I would rather screw us both over than take the chance of letting him screw me over and get away with it.
This is true, and it applies to wikipedia. Authors don't feel the need to get paid for the articles they create, edit, or improve. But when someone decided to publish articles from wikpedia and make money off the book, then the authors want the cut or they dont' want the book published. bascially, they would rather niether of them make any money from the book than the other guy makes money and the public benefits. The best option is obviously for all authors to get proceeds from the publication of the book, but that is unlikely.

Tit for Tat is the concept that, I will help you out now because I can count on you to help me out later. By being able to count on each other, and being willing to help others out because we trust they or the community we are a part of will pay us back, we are creating social captiol. Robert Putnum addressed his idea that Social Capitol was decreasing in the United States in his book, "Bowling Alone". Some people were trying to argue that people were becomming less social in the 1990's because of the increasing popularity of relationships on the internet and the decreasing need to meet up. The fact is, transaction costs increaesed because the longer workday and more spread out communities in the United States made it more difficult for people to get together. Shirkey talks about how social networking tools like Meetup and Facebook have actually lowered these increased transaction costs. Because of these tools, social capitol is increasing again. The internet has provided a platform for obscure groups to connect and find a way to meet up in person. Because human beings are inherently social, cyberspace relationships will never be able to replace face-to-face interaction completely.

I agree with this argument that social networking tools on the internet have helped increase social captiol. Because of facebook I can keep in contact with friends that live in Florida, Utah, and even as far away as Spain and Ireland. Without the internet, I would likely have forgotten about some of these friends or atleast not keep in touch because transaction costs would have been too high (long distance telephone calls are expensive and inconvenient compared to free emails and facebook posts that can be utilzed at any time of the day or night).