Economy w/ an internet > an internet w/ economy Yet along a familiar curve: https://is.gd/tpsz1E
Where are we along it now?
Platform-ified labor markets http://www.thenation.com/article/have-we-seen-end-8-hour-day/ http://www.domesticworkers.org/
The apocalypse of cloud work http://mturk.com/
After an economic crisis, the admirable urge to share... http://ouishare.net/ But what are we /really/ sharing? What not?
...step forward (liberation from old constraints) http://primeproduce.org/
...a step back (losing gains from centuries of struggle) https://is.gd/S1qkmR
What should we say "no" to? What can we say "yes" to?
What if there were a /real/ sharing economy?
ICA principles, derived from Rochdale Principles of 1844 https://is.gd/t0hMNl
Doing democratic enterprise around the world https://is.gd/fwS7bg
Remarkable accomplishments: https://wikipedia.org and self goverance: https://is.gd/lqJYjb
But profound inequality in the movement: https://is.gd/HGzZBu
And no way to prevent corporate exploitation: https://www.android.com/
Some people didn't get Silicon Valley's memo: http://www.shareable.net/blog/owning-is-the-new-sharing
Give a stray dog a name: https://is.gd/9bPVa9
- Shared ownership & governance
- Solidarity and worker rights
- Transparency of algorithms and rules
- Portable data and benefits
- ...and what we will!
November 2015 @ The New School in NYC: http://platformcoop.net/ (& book TK!)
Building and mapping the movement http://internetofownership.net
- Startups: From startup bros to community needs
- Conversions: From monopoly to public utility
- Commitment and trust among workers and users
- Federated self-organizing rather than one-size-fits-all monopoly
- Opening markets by meeting unmet needs
- What else?
- Existing co-ops and platforms
- Labor organizations
- Anchor institutions
- Governments, especially local
- Ownership and governance, not just access
- Process, not a solution
- Ecosystem, not just apps
- Horizon, not an absolute
- Identify gaps in the ecosystem & fill them
- Develop the directory & platform
- Maintain regional ecosystem pages
#Nathan Schneider# scholar in residence, media studies university of colorado boulder
@nathanairplane
@platformcoop
http://internetofownership.net/
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