https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/a-commons-approach-to-the-challenges-of-our-time/2016/10/30 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/a-commons-approach-to-the-challenges-of-our-time/2016/10/30/comment-page-1#comment-1577912 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:55:26 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=61191#comment-1577912 There are a rapidly exploding number of proposals for solutions. The solutions are out there, but our systems of selection don’t reliably converge on them. The problem is not just figuring out how to build a better mousetrap, but how to build a better selection mechanism that reliably recognizes and chooses it. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ukk41zoxc6uyv5r/Cooperative%20Platforms%20as%20Engines%20for%20Social%20and%20Environmental%20Change%20v4.docx?dl=0
The “commons approach” is great, but it is a solution rather than a definition of the problem and objective criteria for judging whether a given proposal solves it. From interacting with quite a number of “commons based” groups I ask if this approach of defining only expectations for the solution rather than defining the solution process in a way that decouples it from any expectations of what the solution might be, actually blocks the innovation required for the best solutions to emerge.

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