Link Tank
= media / tech think thank dedicated to decentralized computing infrastructures
URL = http://planetwork.net/linktank.html
Description
Planetwork.net:
"Brad deGraf and Elizabeth Thompson, along with other members of the emergent Planetwork community, initiated LinkTank, an invitational network that grew to include 50 information technology and media professionals, who met for two years in San Francisco and NewYork as a fiscal project of Planetwork. In 2002 the group commissioned three of its members, Ken Jordan, Jan Hauser and Steven Foster to write the Augmented Social Network (ASN)whitepaper, published in the peer reviewed online journal First Monday and presented at the Planetwork conference in 2003.
One of the key insight from the LinkTank Principles was that any truly global network must also be truly decentralized; like Einstein’s universe, its center must be everywhere and nowhere. The LinkTank statement of purpose remains unrealized and more relevant than ever: We are dedicated to the creation and maintenance of a digital communications platform, operated as a public interest utility, that will strengthen civil society by enabling people to connect, communicate, make transactions, and self-organize in a manner that is consistent with the highest principles of democracy and reflects an enlightened understanding of the fragile beauty of our planet. We will bring together, develop, promote, and hold as a global public commons, software tools and infrastructure that facilitate the emergence, growth, and vitality of networks of individuals and organizations who share ecological and social justice values, as articulated in the Earth Charter."