Comments on: Why you should read “Ours to Hack and to Own”: the book in 24 powerful insights

By: Antonio Blanco-Gracia

Antonio Blanco-Gracia — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:06:28 +0000

Hey GrG,
25 is precisely a terrific idea that I miss in the book, and I understand that would be truly disruptive. I am thrilled I am not the only one that thinks that way.

26 is a tricky issue. I would go in general for no IP protection at all, but I understand that transitional solutions could made sense.

By: Grg Klein

Grg Klein — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:27:53 +0000

Two add-ons, suggestions maybe:
25. There has to be an open source kind of sharingplatform-“basic model” for basic needs (accomodation, food, health, education), empowering people to care for their own base&neighbourhood, from 3rd to first world. This basic model has to be fast in more than one way: It must have automated & quick routines of work&commodities exchange to guarantee a reach-&live-able future for it`s partakers without being outdone by an also extremely fast working traditional economy. Also, this basic model has to be highly interconnectable with other basic communitys and platform cooperativism-forms. As mentioned in the article above, in a world of highspeed capitalism, only quickly growing and developing alternative platforms will be able to make a stand. So called “new”&sharing economy will, like the old economy did, strive to pour their dominance over (platform-)markets in concrete.
26. A variation of old style-, but also of creative commons-copyright will be necessary, which specifically supports basic and other alternative platforms. For example, by allowing them, to work and innovate on new ideas/techniques for less shares than- and before the- classical economy is allowed to do so. If you believe, true innovation comes trough free, cooperative and shared work, let those small communitys have profit and growth from it who do so, and not those who`ll try to rip it off for more capital concentration. They have their right and structures to do so as they please, besides, again, in a world of highspeed capitalism, speed of innovation will be key to make and hold a stand for alternatives.

By: Ann Marie Utratel

Ann Marie Utratel — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:51:11 +0000

In reply to Ingo. Thank you for your comment. Here's the link to the publisher's site. Hope that helps.

By: Ingo

Ingo — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:34:50 +0000

Nice article, though: “Get the book and read it.” would be much easier if you could give a reference, where. Yes, I can search for the exact title and author on the top of the article, copy and past that into google, try to find the publisher, print it out and with that information then go to my local book shop and make them try to get it. But then I’ll probably push it off for later and forget about it.

So, please make it easy for me. Where can I get the book? Do not assume that I live in the US. Thanks.