why a commons?

sage commons congress 2013john wilbanks

finite or infinite?

finite or infinite?

science

science

sciencehealth

and the outcome of the game is

predetermined.

finite + infinite = design challenge

this is a “commons” congress.

1. give me a place to stand, and a lever, and i

shall move the world.

every age has its own lever.

ours is data.

sciencetrends

towards finite.

“the war on cancer”

“defeating death”

what of the fulcrum?

2. if it’s finite v. infinite, who wins?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States spent more on health care per capita ($7,146), and more on health care as percentage of its GDP (15.2%), than any other nation in 2008. The Commonwealth Fund ranked the United States last in the quality of health care among similar countries, and notes U.S. care costs the most.

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in the absence of intervention, the

finite will take precedence.

it is up to us to provide an infinite

counter-offer.

3. the good news: our competition isn’t strong.

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assume 1,000,000 downloadsassume 10% false positive rate

100,000 doctor visits$1000 per biopsy

the good news: our competition isn’t strong.

yet.

4. we need to choose the right place to stand.

a. “just like now, but moreso”

b. small matrix of companies

c. us

sharing by small but coherent groups can

create asymmetrically valuable resources.

https://www.scienceexchange.com/

the commons is the place we stand.

designing it requires

collaboration at every level

there will still be finite games embedded.

but the right design choices make it

work for us, by us.

building together is more fun than

opposing the finite.

we are very hard to attack.

we few, we happy few.

we are enough.