This article was originally published in The Atlantic on May 16, 2017. The debate about the role technology plays in society is as old as humankind’s ability to use tools and techniques to change our ...
Marcelo López-Dinardi, with the Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts at Texas A&M University, presents MAKING THE PUBLIC–COMMONS. MAKING THE PUBLIC–COMMONS is an installation and a conversations ...
No one is forcing anyone to put their work into the public commons. But, once you do, you need to accept that you no longer can wholly control how it is used. As readers of this blog know, two of my ...
“[T]hat which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it.” - Aristotle The economics concept of “the tragedy of the commons” sounds both dramatic and complex, but it’s ...
The Digital Public Library of America is a beautiful idea. Take the physical-to-digital ambition of Google Books and wed it to the civic spirit of the US public library system, providing a centralized ...
Upon our country's founding the public commons was a gathering place to debate the issues of the day. I propose that we use this space, so graciously provided by OregonLive.com, as our gathering place ...
Flickr will allow free accounts to exceed its new 1,000 photo limit if the works are licensed publicly under Creative Commons. Credit: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images Just days before Flickr mass ...
Late last year the hopes for a new municipal politics in the UK took a blow as two progressive local authorities made some less-than-progressive decisions. The first involved the Greater Manchester ...
The debate about the role technology plays in society is as old as humankind’s ability to use tools and techniques to change our world. The technologies we have in our hands today would be magic to ...
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