"Knowledge commons" describes how groups and communities share knowledge and information. Although commons institutions and organizations are used widely, successfully, and productively to generate and distribute new knowledge and innovation, they are not well understood in the factual context. How do knowledge commons work? When do they work well? When might they work poorly?
Argues that the left/right divide which for 200 years has served as the rationale for advancing social progress in sustaining democracy is now destroying it, as partly witnessed through the collapse of both party memberships and voting figures in most advanced industrial economies.
