[p2p-research] Thought this was P2P-ish :)

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks James, for that insightful comment,

Michel

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:32 PM, James Quilligan <jbquilligan at comcast.net>wrote:

> The substance is good, but note that risk management is conceived as a
> public (state-driven) good -- not a common good. Here is another example of
> how international states could (and probably will) co-opt the meaning and
> power of the commons from the grasp of civil society, despite the fact that
> this idea emerged from "a new kind of multi-stakeholder network."  Networks
> are a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the development of a
> democratic global commons.
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> On Dec 2, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Michel Bauwens wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Jennifer Sertl <jsertl at rochester.rr.com>wrote:
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>>  Big Idea from Dubai: A Global Risk Management Commons
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>> *Don Tapscott is Chairman of nGenera Insight and a member of the Global
>> Agenda Council on Informed Societies<http://www3.weforum.org/tools/gac/issuebrowser2010/index.html#/3484>
>> *
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>> By Don Tapscott (@dtapscott <http://twitter.com/dtapscott>)
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>> <6a00d8345279f069e20147e043b5e2970b-300wi.jpeg><http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/sets/72157625354776390/>One
>> of the most important sessions at the Global Agenda Council Summit in Dubai
>> addressed the issue of Managing Global Risks.  We are moving into an age
>> where profound threats are emerging to the global economy, society and even
>> the very existence of humanity.
>>
>> Consider something as mundane as the supply chain.  Vast networks provide
>> the world with food, clothing, fuel and other necessities.  One expert
>> explained some scenarios where a breakdown in the supply chain could lead to
>> huge social unrest and even a disintegration of civilized society.  Failure
>> of the financial system, weapons of mass destruction, new communicable
>> diseases, collapse of environmental systems, water security and 20 other
>> topics make the world a volatile place subject to significant, and possibly
>> catastrophic risks.
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>> Many innovative ideas emerged to address this problem. For example one was
>> to use the web to create a Global Risk Management Commons. Risk management
>> in various sectors has tended to be proprietary, closed, short term and
>> locked into organizational stovepipes. Why not apply the principles of
>> transparency, sharing intellectual property, interdependence and
>> collaboration to make a significant proportion of “risk management” a public
>> good.
>>
>> This “Linux of global risk management,” would be part database, and part
>> collaborative platform.  The database should be a living, evolving source of
>> information, knowledge, scenarios, models, best practices and linkages to
>> various risk categories.  The platform would enable communities of practice
>> for human dialogue, simulation, contingency planning, crisis response and
>> overall collaboration.
>>
>> For me it underlined that this is a time of great change, and new
>> approaches to solving global problems.  This idea and dozens like it did not
>> come from the UN, The G20 or other formal institutions of global
>> cooperation.  It came from a new kind of multi-stakeholder network.
>>
>> Now the challenge is to execute.
>>
>> *Don Tapscott’s new book (with Anthony D Williams) is Macrowikinomics:
>> Rebooting Business and the World***
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