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Towards a Digital Pluriverse
- Futures of polycentrism , beyond either atomized decentralization or top-down centralization, where collective self-determination is protected through overlapping rights and responsibilities, abundant digital public infrastructure, and mechanisms for accountable governance.
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
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- These advocates aimed to counter the universal–not with a disregard of all things universal, but with an embrace of ‘many universals’. This is not a rejection of the necessity of scale; instead, it embraces federation and branching and —pluricultures over monocultures. Thus, the pluriverse arrays itself against a single universality as much as it i... See more
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
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- Meaningful alternatives are possible:
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
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- We turn to the frame of the Pluriverse because we believe it has much to offer in a time when our current digital space is increasingly colonized by a single vision of what is possible—a vision spurred on by the incentive structures of enclosure and control.
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Futures of regenerative scale and shared growth, that combat monoculture through a stronger, broader, and more rooted ecology of adaptation and co-evolution.
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- to navigate the intersections between scale and regeneration, between growth and the commons. A principle of ‘many universals’ could provide the framework for balancing the tension between, on one hand, enabling community-led and governed projects to flourish, and, on the other, the need to then challenge massive and well-resourced centers of power... See more
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- The Pluriverse: A World Where Many Worlds Fit
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Futures of plurality , where choice is meaningful because difference and divergence are possible.
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- learn from the limits of Web 2.0, where plurality in the face of centralized control tends to ultimately cede power to those who already wield it.
from Towards a Digital Pluriverse by Michael Lewkowitz
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