Just started reading #GovernableSpaces, by Nathan Schneider. An exploration of the intersection of democracy and online communities.
His thesis engages the idea that we need to practice our democracy muscles, and online communities can be designed to serve this function. With impacts both in improving our online lives, and also our capacity for self-governance offline.
Spoiler alert: My book #GovernableSpaces ends with this image by Darija Medić, borrowing from the wonderful https://native-land.ca—a reminder from Indigenous legacies that sovereignty need not depend on monopolies over land and militarized borders.
Hey Bay Area! I'm excited to announce an event on #GovernableSpaces at the Internet Archive on June 8, featuring three brilliant governance experiments from:
Yasmine El Baggari (Hylo)
Émeline Brule (Sequoia Fabrica)
Dr. Shamika Klassen (CU Boulder)
While supervising today's egg-mayhem, I was grateful to notice my recent work featured in two of my favorite tech newsletters. These are really helpful intros to #GovernableSpaces and the ideas therein. Read & subscribe!
This passage in #GovernableSpaces was just highlighted to me—as was the fact that it should have included Nextdoor, perhaps the most feudal thing of all.
I am allowing myself this post during spring break only because it is from the section on "Democratic Play" at the end of chapter 3 in #GovernableSpaces.
What a beautiful surprise: @mayfirst just sent out an email to co-op members about my book, #GovernableSpaces. So much in the book is inspired by my own time as a member. This means more than I can say.
We don't ask this question nearly enough. Part of a plea (at Princeton last week) for designing online governance for an internet full of #GovernableSpaces.
@ntnsndr Finished reading Governable Spaces yesterday on a flight and it's really gotten me thinking about how I can contribute to making a more democratic Internet :)
While Mastodon is great, it is still subject to the same implicit feudalism mechanisms as other social media (unless you're on a server such as social.coop which builds consensus decision-making into their structure).
@ntnsndr talking with @Rushkoff on #TeamHumanShow about this and more on the launch of his new book, #GovernableSpaces just made my day. I’m getting a few copies for our local library and high school.