openDemocracy calls itself a digital commons - but what does that really mean - and is it a sustainable model in a digital landscape dominated by tech giants? Dan Hind starts a conversation on digital ...

Old fables die hard. That's surely been the history of the so-called "tragedy of the commons," one of the most durable myths of the past generation. In a famous 1968 essay, biologist Garrett Hardin ...

Digital Commons @ Connecticut College is the Institutional Repository for the Connecticut College community. It both preserves and facilitates dissemination of the collective research, publications, ...

Not many of us think "open source" as we use today's sophisticated software. But in fact, most of that software is actually based on open source. IT leaders are recognizing the benefits of returning ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. “Unfortunately, the real world is messy,” said Yann LeCun, former head of research at Meta, ...

The pandemic has accelerated the growth of the data economy and the digital giants who dominate it. It's time to rethink how data is owned, governed and used. On 31 December 2019 the Wuhan Medical ...

When her husband lost his job in 2010, Kristy Milland realized how important the Internet had become to her family's survival. For several years, the 30-something Canadian high-school graduate had a ...

India’s G20 presidency has made digital public infrastructure (DPI) a central offering, showcasing the country’s beneficial experience of technology and digitalisation and its relevance to countries ...

Nagle, Frank. "The Digital Commons: Tragedy or Opportunity? A Reflection on the 50th Anniversary of Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-060, December 2018.

"The evolution of digital commons represents more than just a technological shift; it embodies a fundamental reimagining of how we create, share, and govern our collective knowledge in the digital age ...