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A good summary of the 1990s internet commons, and maybe a warning for the online commons of the 2020s?

"Well, the Market hadn't figured out how to monetize it yet, and the commoners, for their part, didn't preemptively devise ways to protect the value they were creating."

#DavidBollier, 2025 […]

Villaging, Not Homesteading: We're Not Doing This Alone Interdependence, the regeneration of the commons, and the work of building life-affirming futures.

Villaging as an ancestral practice of interdependence….yes! The homesteading nuclear family schtick was a recipe for burnout. #extradwife #buildingcommunity #cooperative #davidbollier #thinkinglikeacommoner #commons #interdependence #community open.substack.com/pub/gangadev...