07.11.06
One Red Paperclip
The success of One Red Paperclip is amazing. This experiment goes to show just how amazing the internet is for the transmition of ideas. One man with an idea and a little internet knowledge traded one red paperclip up and up for different items until they got a house and land. It is one of the most amazing experiments in a long time. People wanted to be apart of this phenomenon, they wanted to buy into the same concept of trade. There was no money transaction. Everything was for a trade. With some vigilance and some novelty one red paper clip can equal a whole lot more. The idea of bartering is not a new idea – but it has grown out of favor. No one else can easily do the same thing – even though it was not easy for the author to do this anybody trying to follow suit may find that it is a once and done thing – the novelty is worn out. Then again, if one can make the novelty new again, with a new twist or new idea, and spread that message out to a vast section of the information attached world – who knows what could happen. This man may have gone further but his concept was to trade up to a house – and he did. Congadulations on a fun ride, it was a vicarious journey for me.
