The Neuroscience and Psychology of Open Source Communities
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Claims that humans show 107 cognitive biases, that negative events register with five times more neural circuitry and need roughly two positives to counterbalance, and that social pain activates the same brain regions as physical pain. Presents the SCARF: Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness model, an Online Community Membership lifecycle (Peripheral → Inbound → Regulars → Leaders → Elders), six drivers of online disinhibition, and specific experiments (song-tapping low guess rates) with linked papers and slides.
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chapters (48)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:26What is Open Source
- 1:50Defining Open Source
- 2:16Individual Biases
- 3:31Negativity Bias
- 4:23Positive and Negative Experiences
- 4:57Negative Experiences
- 5:48Learning Faster
- 7:40Problem Solvers
- 8:32Creating vs Problem Solving
- 9:36Imposter Syndrome
- 10:54Confirmation Bias
- 12:42Illusion of Transparency
- 14:15The Curse of Knowledge
- 16:47False Consensus Effect
- 17:12Rejection Sensitivity
- 20:04Complexity
- 20:24Group favoritism
- 22:00The other side of our brain
- 22:18Tribalism
- 22:53The Science of Respect
- 23:44The Science of Belonging
- 24:11Its complicated
- 24:28Scarf
- 25:06Recognition
- 25:25Subconscious Recognition
- 26:06Expectations
- 27:25Create the Threat
- 27:40Ambiguity
- 28:17Autonomy
- 28:47Powerlessness
- 29:10Relatedness
- 29:26Quality
- 30:34Misunderstood
- 30:49Collaborating
- 31:03Online
- 31:28Membership Lifecycle
- 33:33Online Distant Efficient Effect
- 33:59Anonymousness
- 34:20You Cant See Me
- 34:45See You Later
- 35:12Its All In My Head
- 35:51Its Just A Game
- 36:02Your Rules Dont Apply
- 36:36Body Language
- 37:41Working Groups
- 38:07Empathy
- 38:47Break
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