Hi John,

the Wiki-research-l mailing list (CCed) is usually a better place to ask such questions than Wikimedia-l.

Without having taken a look at the book you mention, here are two pointers to research that might be related:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2012/April#cite_ref-27 ("Wikipedia as a thermodynamic system - becoming more efficient over time") https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2015/September#More_newb...

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 9:29 AM, John Erling Blad jeblad@gmail.com wrote:

Has anyone tried to use termodynamics on social capital within Wikipedia? Over investment in social capital and negative specific heat might create unstable systems, that is people will leave the community.

There is a book on the topic; A Dynamic Balance: Social Capital and Sustainable Community Development _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe