This is Michael Rogers and you gave me the courtesy of walking you to
your car at the Failed States conference. I am forwarding you a link to
the work of Thomas Malone from MIT, one of the originators of
Coordination Theory (and the Thomas Paine of our times).
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/229
Here is one of the top business schools in the country talking about how
the democratization of business will be as significant to human history
as was the democratization of governments. He puts this all down to the
lowering cost of communication and communication. He states that the
lowered cost represented by the printing press allowed for the
democratization of government and that the Internet is what allows the
democratization of business.
Also, here is a link to Elinor Ostrom and her work on Common Pool
Resources, which when combined with Professor Malone's allows for an
innovative Common Pool Asset Building program that I believe will be
more resilient than the more traditional approaches such as home ownership.
http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/people/homepages/ostrom.html
SumPeople is working specifically on the Northern Sierra and the
creation of an economic, political, and social alliance to build
community capital and to manage our wealth of resources for abundance.
We have a broad range of interested parties from political figures,
business interests, environmental groups, youth groups, indigenous
peoples, and concerned citizens from all walks of life.
We are looking for organizational partners to help with this great work
and believe that New America would be an ideal match. If you are
interested in talking further please let me know.
Michael Rogers
530-587-5160
