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2020-10-30

The Tragedy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’

The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe—plus his argument was wrong. Fifty years ago, University of California professor Garrett Hardin penned an influential essay in the journal Science. Hardin saw all humans as selfish herders: we worry that our neighbors’ cattle will graze the best grass. So, we send […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Accounting for Values, common pool resources, Commons, Commons-Based Peer Production, Crisis of Consciousness, environmental governance, environmental justice, Environmental sustainability, Institutions, Institutions of Conversation, Moral Frameworks, Public goods, Social justice, Tragedy of Unmanaged Commons, values, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2018-03-20

Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action is an examination of the nature of the commons, and the evolution and development of self-organisation and self-governance of those commons. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action will be of interest to those who seek an understanding of common-pool resources and their self-governance. […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Collective Action, Institutions, Managed Commons, Self-Governance, Shared Economy Leave a Comment

2017-05-26

Mossberg: The Disappearing Computer

Tech was once always in your way. Soon, it will be almost invisible.  A key question – What’s going to be always in our way next?    All of the major tech players, companies from other industries and startups whose names we don’t know yet are working away on some or all of the new […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Algorithmic Intelligence, Cognification, Complexity, Digital Environment, Foresight, Governance, Institutions, Protocols, Standards, values Leave a Comment

2017-02-25

WHY FACTS DON’T CHANGE OUR MINDS

Three Book Reviews about How Humans Reason or Not. New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason. “The Enigma of Reason,” “The Knowledge Illusion,” and “Denying to the Grave” were all written before the November election. And yet they anticipate Kellyanne Conway and the rise of “alternative facts.” These days, it can […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Cognition, Cognitive Science, conversation, Facts, Honest Account, Honesty, Institutions, Reason, Reasoning, Truth, values Leave a Comment

2017-02-20

How to Build an Autocracy

A Long Read – Vital for understanding how Institutions are the Value keystones of a democracy. The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.   Everything imagined above—and everything described below—is possible only if many people other than Donald […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Autocracy, Civil Participation, Complexity, Corruption, Democracy, Economics, Institutions, Kleptocracy, narcissism, Political-Economy, politics, Resistance, Social-sustainability Leave a Comment

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