In an email to the Community Informatics list, on July 30, 2014, Michael Gurstein pointed to an “interesting background paper” he felt provided “some very useful conceptual clarification/development” for the Community Informatics Declaration - Internet for the Common Good. That paper was: James B. Quilligan, Why Distinguish Common Goods from Public Goods? I too found it interesting, but for different reasons. I support the CI Declaration because it defines global as a federation of locals. My reason for that support is based on a specific understanding of how a shift in culture that resulted in creating technologies like the Internet has also created a very different meaning for the word governance.
While I remain indebted to Telecommunities Canada for helping me see where the acupuncture points for social change occur, this essay is my personal opinion
