The Cooperation Commons aims to create an interdisciplinary study of cooperation and collective action by:

• compiling and synthesizing current knowledge
• mapping the outlines of the emerging field
• convening meetings of the best minds in relevant disciplines, and
• encouraging ongoing discourse, research, and practice.

The Cooperation Commons is a collaboration between the Institute for the Future and Howard Rheingold

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By samrose, 24 weeks 6 days ago.

I've just returned from Nottingham, UK., where I participated in the first-ever academic workshop on p2p concepts, a conference/workshop on "the political economies of peer production".

I plan on giving a review of each presentation in blog postings here. This first post is about Adam Arvidsson's amazing, and thought provoking presentation on what he is calling the "Ethical Economy".

By samrose, 32 weeks 4 days ago.

GiveMeaning - online donation, online fundraising and creative fundraising ideas

An interesting idea, connecting news stories with Donation projects, and giving people ways to collectively rate and filter different dimensions, or propose their own way to solve the problem. "Problem spaces" are sorted through tags, and tag clouds show areas with higher activity.

By samrose, 34 weeks 9 hours ago.

Ask The Next President - ask presidential canditates questions

What Questions do you think the Presidential Candidates should answer?

By Robert Link, 34 weeks 3 days ago.

Cutting to the chase, original here:

Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an unprecedented economic study released today. According to the study commissioned by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and conducted in accordance with a World Intellectual Property Organization methodology, companies benefiting from limitations on copyright-holders’ exclusive rights, such as “fair use” – generate substantial revenue, employ millions of workers, and, in 2006, represented one-sixth of total U.S. GDP.(emphasis added)

By Robert Link, 34 weeks 5 days ago.

If you are not yet acquainted with Social Science Research Network, take a moment to visit at http://www.ssrn.com. From their FAQ:

What is the Social Science Research Network?

By hellekin, 35 weeks 1 day ago.

I just published a French translation of David Bollier's remarks at Wizard of OS3, "Is Commons a Movement?".

By gjones, 35 weeks 5 days ago.

I read a post on Mind Hacks today (http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2007/09/radiolab_on_the_scie.html) that lead me to an episode (http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/28) of WNYC RadioLab dealing with the psychology and neuroscience of morality. The show is not new, but if you haven't heard it, it's well worth downloading the MP3 for a listen during commute.

By gjones, 35 weeks 5 days ago.

Ray Hagtvedt and I have a new paper, Marketing in Heterozygous Advantage, forthcoming in the Journal of Business Ethics, in which we examine coordination problems and perverse incentives surrounding the development of markets in a particular form of human genetic engineering in which heterozygotes are fitter than both homozygotes, a condition known as heterozygous advantage. We first present a generalized model of the condition, illuminated by the application to sickle-cell anemia.