CONNECTED I/O

“The Internet isn’t really a technology. It’s a belief system, a philosophy about the effectiveness of decentralized, bottom-up

innovation. And it’s a philosophy that has begun to change how we think about creativity itself.”

Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

“The Internet isn’t really a technology. It’s a belief system, a philosophy about the effectiveness of decentralized, bottom-up

innovation. And it’s a philosophy that has begun to change how we think about creativity itself.”

Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

our goal is to advance the freedom to innovatemake

“The Internet isn’t really a technology. It’s a belief system, a philosophy about the effectiveness of decentralized, bottom-up

innovation. And it’s a philosophy that has begun to change how we think about creativity itself.”

Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

our goal is to advance the freedom to innovatemakechoose

“The Internet isn’t really a technology. It’s a belief system, a philosophy about the effectiveness of decentralized, bottom-up

innovation. And it’s a philosophy that has begun to change how we think about creativity itself.”

Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

our goal is to advance the freedom to innovatemakechoosesolve

“The Internet isn’t really a technology. It’s a belief system, a philosophy about the effectiveness of decentralized, bottom-up

innovation. And it’s a philosophy that has begun to change how we think about creativity itself.”

Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

our goal is to advance the freedom to innovatemakechoosesolveconnect

Networks everything.ARE TRANSFORMING

Networks everything.

health transportation education the arts

news travel banking, lending entertainment

civic services education government etc…

ARE TRANSFORMING

Networks everything.

health transportation education the arts

news travel banking, lending entertainment

civic services education government etc…

empowering new ways to connect, collaborate and transact, while radically increasing efficiency and democratizing access.

ARE TRANSFORMING

This threatens incumbents.

ControlScarcityRigidity

EmpowermentAbundanceInnovation

vs.

Content

Education

Hotels

Transportation

RIAA/MPAA The Internet SOPA/PIPA/etc

Germany, Sweden home/unSchooling Various actions

Hotel Industry AirBnB NYS Illegal Hotel Law

Taxi Industry Uber DC, SF fights

and on...

Who fight back using policy & politics.

The People Layer

The Network Layer copyright

privacy

net access

open spectrum

patents

open standards

lending

teaching

discussing

funding

following

sharing

We need to advance and protect this freedom at multiple layers.

The People Layer

The Network Layer copyright

privacy

net access

open spectrum

patents

open standards

lending

teaching

discussing

funding

following

sharing

We need to advance and protect this freedom at multiple layers.

to support the freedom to make, connect, and interact

Luckily, we can win :)

Massive protest (SOPA/PIPA)

by playing to our strengths:

Collaborating to build better tools & campaigns

Working asa network

“Net-native” advocacy

“Net-native” advocacy

support a distributed, user-led movement

“Net-native” advocacy

support a distributed, user-led movementbuild collaborative infrastructure & tools

“Net-native” advocacy

support a distributed, user-led movementbuild collaborative infrastructure & tools

win on information

“Net-native” advocacy

support a distributed, user-led movementbuild collaborative infrastructure & tools

win on informationbe viral & spreadable

“Net-native” advocacy

support a distributed, user-led movementbuild collaborative infrastructure & tools

win on informationbe viral & spreadable

disrupt markets

“Net-native” advocacy

support a distributed, user-led movementbuild collaborative infrastructure & tools

win on informationbe viral & spreadable

disrupt marketswork via platforms, products, services and code

Some ideas:

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Distributed storytelling

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Find & collect the best stories & data from across the web

Crowd-built advocacy media

expand the capacity and reach of advocatesharness the latent skill & interest of web makers

Dashboard for Internet citizens

issue threat level actions

community-curatedfoundation for understanding and action

Charter node

establish “Internet Enterprise Zones”that advance the freedom to innovate

and set the precedent for the economic and societal value of connected innovation

IssuesCompetition and user mobility

Standards and the “open web”

Access to customers & markets

Open data & APIs (public and private sector)

Privacy and user interest in data

Balanced copyright

Software / business method patent reform

Unlicensed spectrum

Limited intermediary liability

Building the skills of the Internet Public

The Freedom to Innovate agendaApproach

Avoid top-down regulation

Prefer peer-regulation and targeted, surgical regulation

Who we are

Nick GrossmanFounder

MIT Media Lab, Code for America, OpenPlans

Beth NoveckBoard member

Professor, NYU, New York Law School, MIT

Fmr Deputy US CTO

Brad BurnhamBoard member

Partner, Union Square Ventures

@connected_iohello@connected.io

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