On the question of authorship

It is important to credit contributions because we are, on the whole, prepared to suffer if it means no other person gets to take advantage of us (TWoC, HCE). This means that if we feel the process of a research is unfair, we may be reluctant to learn from its outcomes. Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room highlights this by limiting how contributions may differ from each other. An individual's input is always unique, if you put two of them side by side you will see the difference. Yet when you clump hundreds together, who did what seems irrelevant. Look at your own input - it may have some sentimental significance, but you care just as much that the collaboration with others created something. If you don't - someone else will...