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Commons Cause

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

—Daniel Libeskind1

THE ARGUMENT

The Internet is a commons with the characteristics of a worldwide city. Adapting to life there is essential. Companies will not only get along better, but will seize more opportunities and (if they’re lucky) live a lot longer.

Think of the Internet as a World Wide City, and you can see why it has scaled so well. It supports and embraces abundance and difference. Its value grows with each person, each device, each kind of work that connects to it.

The World Wide City is also a World Wide Commons. This is the vast new marketplace where connected companies live now. We need to keep it vast to take advantage of the opportunities it provides to connect ...

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