Slides from David Bollier's keynote remarks at iCommons Summit in Sapporo, Japan, July 31, 2008. Licensed under Creative Commons BY license except as noted.
9. “ The Great Value Shift” Socially created value is becoming a macro-economic and cultural force in its own right.
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11. “ You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” --R. Buckminster Fuller
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13. The commons -- a new social metabolism in our cultural ecosystem for governance & law Image by Stanton F. Fink, via Wikipedia, CC BY license, version 2.5 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image%3ABanffia_confusa.jpg
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15. The Commons Sector as a New Digital Republic Photo by rw, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbostyle/380346564/
16. Enclosures are destroying other commons….. Global atmosphere Oceans Genes Seeds Freshwater Forests Minerals Arctic & Antarctic Democratic Governance Civic infrastructure Public spaces Local community Social insurance Parks Wilderness Shared traditions & values
17. Two general types of commons…. Infinite: The More the Merrier Finite: Tragedy of the Commons L’etrusco, via Flickr, CC-BY-SA license.
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