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Pioneers: Howard Rheingold on the past and present of virtual communities

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Social Capital, Knowledge Capital and Communion

When i was writing my book the virtual community in 19 91 19 92, i found it very hard to find academic experts who could answer my my questions. I became excited about life on line when i discovered that if i freely gave out information t o people who were looking for it, i would get ten times as much back when i asked for it. And and that's essentially a social capital. It's people accomplishing things together outside the formal frameworks of contracts or lawsd. You know, with with farmers, if you break your leg in its harvest season, and then if you have good relationships with your neighbors, they will take in the harvest. The opposite of an existence proof is

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