Sat.16:00 LAG. Freedom as a common-pool resource. Alpha 1

Organised by: petros

First attempt to describe freedom (both freedom-to and freedom-from) using the language of the commons. Brief talk + collaborative thinking.

The goal of this attempt is change the perception of freedom. The most popular view considers freedom as a “rare”, rivalrous good, which we have to compete for. If we able to speak about freedom in the language of the commons, we may see the “freedom-from” as a common-pool resource, that we can sustain and expand in collaboration, while the “freedom-to” as the fringe units stream that we can share according to the community-formulated regime.

Warning! The concept presented here is absolutely scandalous from the scholar's point of view. The only reason I am trying to elaborate this methodological abomination is the fact, that it can potentially provide an easy and efficient „cognitive pry bar” to open – and change – popular thinking about freedom. It is still to be determined, whether the end justifies the mean here.

1. Freedom: negative and positive
2. Relationship between them.
3. Libertarian concept of freedom.
4. Critique of the above.
5. Freedom as a common pool resource
6. Negative freedom as a core resource
7. Positive freedom as a stream of fringe units
8. How does it change our mindset?
9. The critique of the concept.

The newest version (article): http://freelab2014.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/the-freedom-commons-alpha-2/

Recommended readings:

• http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_as_a_New_Paradigm_for_Governance,_Economics_and_Policy
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Concepts_of_Liberty
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-pool_resource
• https://titanpad.com/JUBslJxy08 the working pad for this topic