Yoda: Google Going Up In Flames
Strike, lightning did…. Four Lightning Strikes in Belgium Erase Google Customer Data
David Bollier: Commons as Tool for Sharing Wealth
I recently spoke at a conference, “Property and Inequality in the 21st Century,” hosted by The Common Core of European Private Law, an annual gathering of legal scholars, mostly from Europe. They had asked me how the commons might be a force for reducing inequality. Below are my remarks, “The Commons as a Tool for …
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Worth A Look: From Slavery to Cooperative Commonwealth
This book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These ‘labor republicans’ derived their definition of freedom from a long tradition of political theory dating back to the classical republics. In this tradition, to be free is to be independent of anyone else’s will – to be dependent …
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Al Rozich: Beyond Global Warming — Other Inconvenient Truths with Focus on Water
The resource crisis is bigger issue than global warming. Water-energy-food nexus is critical. Radio Interview (12:31) Book Website Review: Other Inconvenient Truths Beyond Global Warming
Answers: Steele for NATO Strategic Foresight
My preliminary contributions to the NATO Strategic Foresight Online Workshop. I have no appointment or connection to NATO or the Transformation Command. This workshop is open to the public without restriction. Characteristics of the Future Threats & Possibilities Economic Considerations Environmental Considerations Human Considerations I & II Political Considerations Technology Considerations Strategic Foresight I & …
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Michel Bauwens: The Transition Will Not Be Smooth
Tip of the Hat to Jean Lievens. Michel Bauwens: The Transition Will Not Be Smooth Sailing This is an English translation of Arthur De Grave’s interview in French. Cross-posted from OuiShare. Michel Bauwens is one of the pioneers of the peer-to-peer movement. Theoretician, activist, and public speaker, he founded the P2P Foundation in 2005. His work, both …
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Michel Bauwens: 10 Open Source Policies for a Commons-Based Society
10 Open Source Policies for a Commons-Based Society LIST ONLY 1 Education 2 Research 3 Purchasing 4 Patents 5 Data 6 Collaboration 7 Commons 8 Health 9 Economy 10 Systemic Change Tip of the Hat to Jean Lievens. Open Government Graphic Below the Fold
