The whole notion of a "commons" is anathema to the plumbing construct. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: November 17, 2002 - November 23, 2002 Archives] Reference
Elliott Bledsoe: To me the commons is about being able to reuse content and knowing that you can. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Benkler: The property right created by the commons is the property right to use my equipment in ways that allow me to communicate. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: February 23, 2003 - March 1, 2003 Archives] Reference
The learning commons is a politically neutral space. From Wordnik.com. [Libraries need revolution-SLJ] Reference
The concept of a 'tragedy of the commons' is not new either. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: The Tragedy of 'The Tragedy of the Commons'] Reference
The idea of the commons is not scientific, it is a human construct. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Climate and Religious Fundamentalism] Reference
The new learning commons is at the very center of teaching and learning. From Wordnik.com. [Libraries need revolution-SLJ] Reference
Sounds like the "tragedy of the commons" is one of the basis of libertarian thought to me. From Wordnik.com. [Of Markets and Ideas, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
A maritime commons is fundamentally antithetical to a territorial sea, which is what China claims. From Wordnik.com. [What's At Stake In The South China Sea] Reference
The main objective of the open commons is to showcase the school's best teaching and learning practices. From Wordnik.com. [Libraries need revolution-SLJ] Reference
If this use of a commons is a net loss to society, why doesn’t society pay the company to leave the commons alone?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Lesson of the Lorax:] Reference
The only solution to the tragedy of the commons is for a central power to inflict a cost upon those who consume the commons. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Good Democrats] Reference
The herder receives all of the benefits from an additional cow, while the damage to the commons is shared by the entire group. From Wordnik.com. [duh pookie] Reference
It really is one big worldwide "commons" - a resource that belongs to all of us. From Wordnik.com. [MySyndicaat Feedbot: RobinGood_CommunicationAgents radar] Reference
Our "commons" - the public sphere of infrastructure and services - is being ruined by privatization. From Wordnik.com. [Complicity] Reference
"The commons are the web of life," says Vandana Shiva. From Wordnik.com. [OnTheCommons.org — Everything] Reference
It was Ascension Day, and the commons were a dream of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2] Reference
The tragedy of the commons are a tragedy because they are commons. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Stranahan: An Insider's Look At How Ayn Rand Destroyed The World] Reference
To say that the commons is a check upon the king, presupposes two things. From Wordnik.com. [Common Sense] Reference
To say that the commons is a check upon the king, presupposes two things. From Wordnik.com. [Common Sense] Reference
So when the French overthrew hereditary tyrants, dubbed the commons of the. From Wordnik.com. [In the South Seas] Reference
Gary: We already own our homes and mineral rights and so forth in commons. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: February 23, 2003 - March 1, 2003 Archives] Reference
To say that the commons is a check upon the king, presupposes two things. 16. From Wordnik.com. [Section I] Reference
The commons is a kind of parallel economy that does not operate through money. From Wordnik.com. [OnTheCommons.org — Everything] Reference
Indoor air is not a commons, which is why air conditioners point in instead of out. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Lorax and the Tragedy of the Commons:] Reference
The commons are the webs of interdependencies among living creatures and the material world. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Biggers: Recovering the Commons: Inteview with Scholars on the Climate Justice Frontlines] Reference
Dr. Canter made the observation that the modern equivalent to the commons is the ocean side beach. From Wordnik.com. [Stolen Elections, and more.....] Reference
Strakbein said the commons will be a place for students to gather and study and a great community resource. From Wordnik.com. [The Vail Trail - All Sections] Reference
The commons are a powerful, self-enabling and self-empowering concept to constantly recreate a dignified life. From Wordnik.com. [OnTheCommons.org — Everything] Reference
The commons are a consequence of technological evolution and form the connective tissues of our globalised world. From Wordnik.com. [rediff.com] Reference
Now, I fear greatly that this man did tell me but truth, and that some fearful rising of the commons is a-brewing. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution] Reference
No Time to Think - One of the more pernicious enclosures of the commons is the enclosure of time and consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
In fact, that sort of tragedy of the commons was the primary reason government acted to take ownership in the first place. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Lorax and the Tragedy of the Commons:] Reference
The tragedy of the commons is a demonstration of the likely result of shared use without any allocation of responsibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Lorax and the Tragedy of the Commons:] Reference
The commons are the wildly complicated synergisms between multiple flows and cycles of energies and materials between creatures. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Biggers: Recovering the Commons: Inteview with Scholars on the Climate Justice Frontlines] Reference
Linux -- is a "commons" to which all are granted access. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
Our life-in-common and the ecological "commons" have continued to deteriorate. From Wordnik.com. [After Katrina: Has the Bubble Burst?] Reference
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