Network Homogeneity versus Heterogeneity
One of the things I’m beginning to love about the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course is the notion that I’m constantly being brought to either argue/support or re-examine my views, positions, and opinions.  Herein is one of the key values of diversity in a network.
To a fair degree Network Homogeneity does not inspire rapid innovation or alterations of perspective.  By nature, if everyone in a network sees things the same way; has the same experience base and perspectives on a given subjectmatter; and indeed agrees on everything …

Consider this a brain dump of a post.  I don’t know exactly where I’m going to go with it; I only know I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to carve out time to write this week and want to get my thoughts down.  In all likelihood I’ll expand on elements of this later.
In the context of the discussions on groups and networks I have had several epiphanies I’d like to explore regarding my personal experiences interacting in these entities/structures.  This can be succinctly summarised by saying, in my experience groups are like …