That's a nice quip, but really?
The most attractive silo is the easiest and best place to cooperate; that's where everyone is, and everything works well inside the silo. We're not stuck; we eagerly await the next even bigger and better silo.
To get beyond quip you have to make the much harder case that cooperating on the infrastructure of cooperation is of/in the interest of all. It's that cooperation that goes against the grain in a silo (unless and to some extent if the silo itself invites cooperation, which is what makes Wikimedia projects such great silos and venues for cooperation).
The most attractive silo is the easiest and best place to cooperate; that's where everyone is, and everything works well inside the silo. We're not stuck; we eagerly await the next even bigger and better silo.
To get beyond quip you have to make the much harder case that cooperating on the infrastructure of cooperation is of/in the interest of all. It's that cooperation that goes against the grain in a silo (unless and to some extent if the silo itself invites cooperation, which is what makes Wikimedia projects such great silos and venues for cooperation).
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