Professor Thomas Malone
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
May 31^st, 2001

The Power of Decentralization:
Discovering the New Physics of Organizing
Interview with Professor Thomas Malone
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 31^st, 2001

1. Growing up on a Farm in New Mexico
2. “Pick a Problem in Society that You'd Like to Help Solve”
3. Stanford and Xerox PARC
4. Formative Experiences and the Physics of Organizing
5. MIT and a Moment of Ephiphany
6. Teilhard de Chardin and Non-hierarchical Coordination
7. None of Us Understands the Potential of Extreme Decentralization
8. Coordination Is Managing Dependencies Among Activities
9. Decentralization: Of Markets, Dialogue, Localization
10. Blind Spots
11. Science and Spirituality
12. Reflection
13. Bio