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Vision

Restore the Internet as a Public Commons to connect us like the sidewalk, fostering innovation, regenerative economic growth, and digital inclusion for a connected sustainable future.

Mission

Transform the digital divide into Digital Dividends for all with our collaborative Member tools and Group learning management system to promote a circular economy. MORE

Connect

Use member profiles. Introduce yourself without your email. Block bothersome members. Build a network of connections as a function of skills you are offering and skills you seek. JOIN

Teach & Own

Explore our Groups and Courses. Become a group leader or teacher. Our “Exit to Community” strategy recruits leaders and teachers to run and own our Platform Cooperative.

Create

Collaborate with others: write grant proposals, form new groups and/or author courses. Share Community templates. Participate in platform governance and revenue.

Organize Groups

Propose private, public or hidden groups & courses to grow your network with discussion forums, shared documents, wiki-like docs, instant messages, & video conferencing.

Member Communication with Messages

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We enable Commons Based Peer Production

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How does Commons-based peer production relate to the possibility of community owned Internet networks (COIN)? In particular, consider how althea.net enables what Yochai Benkler refers to as converting consumers into prosumers, with Blockchain software on the router that enables people to purchase bandwidth from upstream and sell bandwidth to people downstream.
The answer explains the benefits of a new regenerative economy replacing the older extractive model of the incumbent ISPs.

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Courses

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Collaborate in a Cooperative

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Commons Intro

David Bollier has written extensively about the Commons and the following Topics, in a video playlist, while not specifically about…

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