Misunderestimating openness – Open Future
Barlow knew that new technology could create and empower evil as much as it could create and empower good. He made a conscious decision to focus on the latter: "I knew it’s also true that a good way to invent the future is to predict it. So I predicted Utopia, hoping to give Liberty a running start before the laws of Moore and Metcalfe delivered up... See more
Cindy Cohn • John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018
The long-zoom approach lets us see that openness and connectivity may, in the end, be more valuable to innovation than purely competitive mechanisms.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
For the purposes of our narrative, the conclusion is clear: an open medium has much to recommend it, but not the power to unify the country.
Tim Wu • The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Vintage)
he world needs access to open and democratic AI systems that function as digital public goods.
How Wikipedia can shape the future of AI – Open Future
Now that we’ve made sharing information virtually effortless, how do we increase depth of understanding, while also creating a level playing field that encourages ideas that come from anywhere?