“Texas judge rules atmosphere, air is a public trust”, reads the headline in the Boston Globe. A tiny breakthrough but with big potential consequences. And as we continue to suffer from one of the most extended heat waves in US history, as major crops wither and fires rage in a dozen states, we need all the … Read More
A few days ago I received notice of a New America Foundation (NAF) hosted conference in Washington, D.C. called “Beyond Primacy: Rethinking American Grand Strategy and the Command of the Commons.” At the conference NAF released a formal report on the subject: Whither Command of the Commons? Choosing Security Over Control. The authors, Sameer Lalwani, Research … Read More
Will Free Software Be the Foundation of the Information Economy? by David Morris Institute for Local Self-Reliance August 11, 1998 – published in St. Paul Pioneer Press The vast majority of the 46 million households with computers depend on an operating system–Windows–that is owned by Microsoft. No one is allowed to alter that system, which constitutes … Read More
Private Entrepreneurship for the Public Good by David Morris Institute for Local Self-Reliance June 30, 1998 – published in St. Paul Pioneer Press “He is no different from (CBS founder) Bill Paley or Edward R. Murrow in creating the new cyberspace model,” said Eric Schmidt, chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems Inc. “He sees himself as … Read More
Who Controls the Air Waves? by David Morris October 22, 1996 Who should control the air waves? That’s the kind of question I would have put to the presidential candidates if I were part of the audience in San Diego. Some futurists insist the question will soon be irrelevant. Advanced communications technologies will offer us so … Read More
