Interesting Tedx talk by Primavera De Filippi which also focuses on the potential of blockchain technology in the context of human cooperative abilities: “The animal kingdom contains numerous examples of individuals cooperating with one another to achieve impressive outcomes without the need for planning, control, or even direct communication between agents – examples are bees,… Continue reading
Date archives "November 2015"
Barcelona’s city council plans to roll out a cash-less local currency
Excerpted from Don Quijones: “Over the next six months, Barcelona’s left-wing city council plans to roll out a cash-less local currency that has the potential to become the largest of its kind in the world. The main goal of the project, according to a council spokesperson, is to boost economic opportunities for local businesses and… Continue reading
Thinking about licensing
In essence, the problem is that Creative Commons allows people to grant others freedom, but with very specific and often mutually exclusive conditions. And that’s only sort of freedom. The Indianos put all their work in the public domain. As I began to translate their books, I didn’t follow their lead, but rather, used… Continue reading
Generative vs. extractive: 2) mindsets
We featured Majorie Kelly’s similar distinction regarding ownership, but Seth Godin argues that it is also a mindset: “For generations, places with significant oil production have developed a different culture than other places. This extraction mindset occurs in environments where profits are taken from a captive resource. It doesn’t matter if it’s coal, tickets or… Continue reading
The city as a common good
Excerpted from Sheila Foster: “The city is also a collective or common good, in that urban residents share a number of its resources — from the parks and opens spaces to streets and buildings, and even a city’s culture. Much like the natural environment, the urban environment too is subject to the disproportionate consumption by… Continue reading
Chicago Chamber of Commons Event Report
Here’s an updated from our friends at the Chicago Chamber of Commons submitted by Steve Ediger. Chicago Chamber of Commons On October 10, 20 participants assembled at the ICA-USA Greenrise in Uptown Chicago for two workshops to a) discuss what we mean when we talk about commons and b) create an action plan for assembling… Continue reading
Podcast of the Day: Helen Finidori on Pattern Languages for Systemic Transformation
Reposted from Tammy Lea Mayer’s Soundcloud page, here’s an interview with our good friend Helene Finidori. Be warned that the sound quality isn’t the best in the universe. You can find more interviews from the Next Edge Festival Gathering in this link From the shownotes to the Podcast. Pattern Languages for Systemic Transformation After several… Continue reading
Multi-Stakeholder Cooperatives are the key structure for Platform Cooperatives
“Development of a more efficacious sharing economy will require constraining expansion of mediated micro-entrepreneurship and serialized rental in favor of modes consistent with communitarian provisioning. Fortunately, the last year has given rise to a few interesting propositions and many innovative social enterprises with the potential to steer us in a more democratic and accountable direction.”… Continue reading
Farewell Burns Weston, Questing Legal Mind and Dear Friend
Until the very end, my dear friend and colleague Burns Weston was passionate, hard-driving and committed to changing the world. That’s why I was stunned to learn that Burns passed away yesterday, a few weeks shy of his 82nd birthday. When he failed to make a scheduled telephone call, friends checked his condo and found… Continue reading
Le Temps des Communs in Paris: Urban Commons
The Commons Network‘s David Hammerstein summarizes his intervention at the recent Temps des Communs festival in Paris On October 10th Commons Network’s David Hammerstein talked about urban commons at the festival ‘Temps des Communs’ in Paris. Here are some notes from his talk. Some basic commons principles and some possible contradictions for considering the urban commons… Continue reading
Generative vs. extractive: 1) ownership models
I use this a lot in my own lectures and workshops. I found the original version of this important distinction from Majorie Kelly: From in her book, The Emerging Ownership Revolution: “These models embody a coherent school of design a common form of organization that brings the living concerns of the human and ecologi cal… Continue reading
Book of the Day: Patterns of Commoning
David Bollier and Silke Helfrich introduce Patterns of Commoning, a new compilation describing thriving Commons around the planet. For a brief overview, we also invite you to download (and share!) this short fact sheet. Dear friend of the commons, We are thrilled to announce the release of a new anthology of original essays, Patterns of… Continue reading
Voices of the Impact Economy: Matthew Slater on Complementary Currencies (video)
Watch Matthew Slater in this short but interesting interview by Tammy Lea Meyer ( impacteconomy.io):
Interview with executive director of betaNYC, Noel Hidalgo on civic technology and NYC
Interview with executive director of betaNYC discussing civic technology past and present in NYC 0:14 – Introductions Noel Hidalgo – executive director beta.NYC 1:16 – How Noel became an open data advocate / his history 2:00 – beginnings of NYC civic hacker community 3:21 – Haley Cooper Rider – meet up based around question of… Continue reading
Current economics in comics, video and… “talking objects”
This is a new way of communicating economic theory that uses video, popular culture, and comics as a platform for “spimes,” “talking objects” that talk about the everyday importance of the advances in academic economics. There have begun to be some good MOOCs on Economy that provide the context necessary to be able to access… Continue reading