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The idea of POC21 is to invent inexpensive, modular household devices, farm tools and energy systems that can be replicated cheaply and shared by anyone. 
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Selected by Shareable as one of the best ten presentations at the Ouishare 2015 conference and festival: “Bitcoin, a decentralized crypto-currency that operates independently of any one government or central bank, has introduced the idea of blockchain to people around the world. Primavera de Filippi from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society discusses a …
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A new legal and technological entity called a Distributed Collaborative Organization represents a new way of organizing multi-stakeholder cooperatives at scale. Could the difference between dystopia and protopia pivot on the structure of ownership? Excerpted from Noah Thorp, on Disintermediating Banking and User Accounts: “The revolution in progress can generally be described as “disintermediation”. It …
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Behind the superficial public discussions about Bitcoin you’ll discover a software breakthrough that could change the future of commoning on open networks
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We used to share common resources with our communities. Now sharing is the word we use for paying a tech start-up to connect us with people to transact with
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Excerpted from a transcript of a lecture by Moglen in New Delhi, India (“Software Patents and the Commons”), by Tech Chords: Eben Moglen: “In the 21st century though, the economies of scale of the hierarchical production don’t quite work. Moglen believes that digital culture and digital economic life do not reward economies of scale. They …
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Bitcoin has taken quite a beating for its libertarian design biases, price volatility due to speculation, and the questionable practices of some currency-exchange firms. But whatever the real or perceived flaws of Bitcoin, relatively little attention has been paid to its “engine,” known as “distributed ledger” or “blockchain” technology. Move beyond the superficial public discussions about Bitcoin, and you’ll discover a software breakthrough that could be of enormous importance to the future of commoning on open network platforms.
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The Internet Of Things is coming. Rejoice! …Mostly. It will open our collective eyes to petabytes of real-time data, which we will turn into new insights and efficiencies. It will doubtless save lives. Oh, yes: and it will subtly redefine ownership as we know it. You will no longer own many of the most expensive and sophisticated items you possess. You may think you own them. But you’ll be wrong.
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