This document discusses the power of infrastructures and infrastructures of power. It argues that infrastructures restructure available resources to create abundance. However, trust is the ultimate infrastructure layer and trust is a collective action problem that is difficult to establish. The document suggests that infrastructures need certain characteristics like broad coverage, stakeholder governance, non-discrimination, transparency and limitations on lobbying in order to build trust and ensure stability.

1. The Power of Infrastructures
and
the Infrastructures of Power
Cameron Neylon - @cameronneylon - http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-716X
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Dan Pink, RSAnimate, Fair use/Fair dealing asserted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

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Dan Pink, RSAnimate, Fair use/Fair dealing asserted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

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infrastructure |ˈɪnfrəstrʌktʃə|
noun
the basic physical and organizational structures and
facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies)
needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. the
social and economic infrastructure of a country.
Oxford English Dictionary
Fair use/Fair Dealing asserted

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available resources to
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Trust is the ultimate
infrastructure layer

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Created by Megan Strickland
from Noun Project

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Created by Megan Strickland
from Noun Project

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Created by Megan Strickland
from Noun Project

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Created by Megan Strickland
from Noun Project

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Created by Megan Strickland
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43. • Broad coverage
• Stakeholder governed
• Non-discriminatory
• Transparent operations
• Cannot lobby
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44. • Broad coverage
• Stakeholder governed
• Non-discriminatory
• Transparent operations
• Cannot lobby
• Living will
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45. • Broad coverage
• Stakeholder governed
• Non-discriminatory
• Transparent operations
• Cannot lobby
• Living will
• Formal incentives to
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Created by Megan Strickland
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• Time-limited funds only
for time-limited uses
• Generate a surplus
• Contingency fund
• Revenue from services
• Mission consistent

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Created by Megan Strickland
from Noun Project

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CO Dept of Public Health Care Policy and Financing
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• Open Source
• Open Data
• Available Data
• Patent non-assertion

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Trust is the ultimate
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86. The Power of Infrastructures
and
the Infrastructures of Power
Cameron Neylon - @cameronneylon - http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-716X
The Centre for Culture & Technology, Curtin University of Technology
Curtin University is a trademark of Curtin University of Technology
CRICOS Provider Code 00301J