This presentation was session 6 in a 12 part webinar series on the book Extreme Democracy. Extreme democracy is a political philosophy of the information era that puts people in charge of the entire political process. It suggests a deliberative process that places total confidence in the people, opening the policy-making process to many centers of power through deeply networked coalitions that can be organized around local, national and international issues. This seminar covered Politics & Networks: A discussion of the essays of Valdis Krebs (It’s the Conversation Stupid!: The Link Between Social Action & Political Choice), Ross Mayfield (Social Network Dynamics & Participatory Politics), David Weinberger (Broadcasting & the Voter’s Paradox) & Danah Boyd (Social Technology & Democracy). Pages 112 – 190

1. A Book & Concepts Discussion Series Paul Schumann – CenTexWFS Taylor Willingham – Texas Forums Jon Lebkowsky – Extreme Democracy

7. Ecosystem of Networks Collaboration Reed’s Law, 2 N Value≈number of groups Event (Flat) 12 Creative Network Communication Metcalfe’s Law, N 2 Value≈number of links Random (Bell Curve) 150 Social Network Publishing Sarnoff’s Law, N Value≈number of subscribers Power-law (Scale Free) 1000s Political Network Weblog Modality Social Capital Distribution of Links Scale Network Layer

10. Social Networking Models LinkedIn Referral Private Weblogs Communication Conversational Meetup In-person Physical EverQuest Avatar Virtual Friendster, Orkut, Tribe.net Declarative Explicit Archetype Connection Method Network Type

14. Types of Communication Same Different Values Different Same Information Homophily Conversation Argument Deliberation