Seems like there's a link between our recent thread about "open" and this Fast Company blog about Peter Barnes, a social entrepreneur, former journalist and author.
"Barnes offers timely analysis--and an unorthodox solution. He says "capitalism as we know it is deeply flawed": it creates pollution, waste, inequality, anxiety, "and no small confusion about the purpose of life."; Specifically, he says, corporate-driven capitalism is squandering the assets that we've historically thought of us belonging to all of us--the commons. That would include, foremost, the environment, but also the airwaves and community infrastructure. Business, Barnes argues, depletes these assets without compensating us."
Read more at:
http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/05/08/capitalism_30_ready_to_rumble.html?partner=rss
What parts of "open" belong in the commons?
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