In the last post I have stated that random lists are boundary objects: They include a low level of list-ness, and can therefore often better be described as sets or groups (I used these two terms quite carelessly as interchangeable - I wil…

What distinguishes lists form other forms of assemblages? Well, to start with a pretty simple observation: Lists are pretty simple forms of assemblage. They are nothing near the complexity of an organism, not even of a network. They have a…

Nico Nico Douga’s ranking is one form of ranking. Rankings are one form of lists. So what is a list? What looks like a simple question turned out to be a rather complicated one. To develop a sytsematical approach, I moved up even one branc…