"Collaboration" is too weak a word for this. It doesn't capture the miraculous way in which it violates conservation of morale.
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Two people can talk themselves into doing something neither would do alone. This force has a dark side. It drives bullying and, for large n, mobs. But it also produces some amazing things.
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Twitter has turned out to be a great way to channel the dark side of this force. Is it possible to create something that channels the good side of it? I don't know if there's an answer to that. But if there is, it would be one hell of a startup idea.
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Arguably GitHub and GitLab are this for code. So if there is an answer, better Twitter and more general GitHub/GitLab converge on it.
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At this point the YC partners are thinking "Noooo! Thousands more applications for collaboration apps!" Collaboration apps are indeed the base state of YC applications. But maybe that's because everyone senses there's something to be discovered here.
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I often only do something because I convinced someone else. The problem is if you start getting good at convincing others.
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I guess it is different when two people talk themselves into something. I guess the danger is in the idea of sharing consequences. Or even just the chance of shifting the blame completely.
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This a great observation. People are somewhat better at motivating others than themselves.
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Is it a force of addition or subtraction? It seems to me that the primary reason why people don't do good or evil is their own inhibitions. Other people can help us to not get in our own way. Inhibition is a powerful force.
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I would go with: unleashing. Either people's positive potential or negative tendencies.
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