Definition: A state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
From the reading: The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain
"In fact, all the mottoes of free software development have their counterparts in the theory of democracy and open society, "with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" is merely the most obvious example."
#14 Democracy
A form of government in which power is held by people under a free electoral system; and the state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
Week Two | September 11
Wealth of Networks, by Yochai Benkler
"In the domain of social relations, the degree of autonomy and the loose associations made possible by the Internet, which play such an important role in the gains for autonomy, democracy, and a critical culture, have raised substantial concerns about how the networked environment will contribute to a further erosion of community and solidarity. [p.466]"
~Yochai Benkler
"We have an opportunity to change the way we create and exchange information, knowledge, and culture.
By doing so, we can make the twenty-first century one that offers individuals greater autonomy, political communities greater democracy, and societies greater opportunities for cultural self-reflection and human connection. We can remove some of the transactional barriers to material opportunity, and improve the state of human development everywhere. Perhaps these changes will be the foundation of a true transformation toward more liberal and egalitarian societies. Perhaps they will merely improve, in well-defined but smaller ways, human life along each of these dimensions. That alone is more than enough to justify an embrace of the networked information economy by anyone who values human welfare, development, and freedom. [p.473]"
~Yochai Benkler
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