Comments on: Book of the Day: Think Like a Commoner

By: mike riddell

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:01:25 +0000

Agree 100% 🙂

]]>

By: Øyvind Holmstad

Sun, 24 Aug 2014 07:42:57 +0000

“Circling back to the market, it’s controversial whether the commons can coexist with the market. I personally think they can, but the people who are involved in the commons must take great pains to ensure that the market doesn’t prey upon and destroy the commons. In other words, the temptation to monetize our relationships and resources tends to destroy the social solidarity and collective stewardship of a resource. So there needs to be certain social understandings or technological systems or legal protections to ensure that a commons remains a commons.”

What we need to be aware of is the money value delusion: http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-12-11/can-bytes-save-the-future-the-money-value-delusion

]]>

By: Mike Riddell

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:54:13 +0000

How’s about looking at our personal information that if aggregated and anonymised would be extremely valuable not just to businesses that thrive on the stuff, but for analysing global trends and then taking collective impact.

Personal Info – that will be the commons. It needs defending.

Time to get organised.

That’s what I’m doing. If you can help me I can help you. Get in touch.

I ain’t kidding. (I’m not hanging around anymore waiting for someone else to get this shit sorted).

@mikeriddell62

]]>