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2017-09-29

Computing Power on the ‘Edge’ of the Internet May Help First Responders Communicate Better During Natural Disasters

This is an important signal arising from numerous recent devastations – a decentralized – mesh or fog network can be integrated with a distributed renewable energy framework – to provide a more robust civil infrastructure. The first responders in any crisis situation are the people in the crisis situation – the key question is what […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Digital Disaster Design, Digital Environment, Digital Infrastructure, Political-Economy, Social Value, Social Values, Societal Resilience Leave a Comment

2017-09-18

Scott Galloway – The Four – What To Do

Galloways’ insights are fundamental and point to a profound tipping point in the economy of the digital environment. The digital environment – is essentially the general purpose platform for costless coordination. In a McLuhanesque phrase – if the digital environment is the medium – the message is social computing – the programmable economy. Worth more than $2.3 […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Complexity, Digital Economy, Digital Environment, Digital Infrastructure, New Business Models, Self-Organization, Value, values Leave a Comment

2017-07-29

Norwegians can snoop and find out what anyone else in the country earns

Transparency can strength democracy and reduce economic inequality. More important though is helping to establish trust of institutions.   Imagine if you could find out how much your boss, colleagues, and friends were making at the click of a mouse. If you lived in Norway you could. Its citizens have been able to go online […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Digital Democracy, Digital Infrastructure, Economy, Institutions. Social Fabric, Political Economics, Self-Governance, Self-Organization, Transparency, Trust, Value, values Leave a Comment

2017-07-08

Estonia is trying to convert the EU to its digital creed

One country taking seriously the importance of digital infrastructure for the future of self-governance in the 21st Century. The country of e-residency wonders why others are more skeptical. ESTONIANS are among Europe’s least pious folk. Just 2% of the population attend services weekly in the medieval churches of Tallinn, or anywhere else. A growing number of […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Coordination Economy, Digital Democracy, Digital Environment, Digital Infrastructure, Self-Governance, Self-Organization, Value, values Leave a Comment

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