The Federal Trade Commission vs Facebook - Summary of the Suit

February 23, 2021

Below, I summarize the FTC complaint against Facebook, citing the relevant paragraphs so you can go get more detail as needed. This was a useful exercise in helping me understand the case; I hope it also helps you understand.


Presenting Concord & Kybern

September 30, 2020

A recording of my September 30th presentation for the Metagov weekly seminar.


Bundles of Sticks All the Way Down

September 21, 2020

The core goal of Concord is to create a system which allows people to adapt their community's permissions to meet their changing needs. I've tried to do this by breaking permissions down into component parts. Every permission can be treated separately, and configured in a variety of ways. The drawback to this approach is how hard it is to build back up sensible, expected behavior.


A peek at Kybern.org

September 08, 2020

I'm writing up some documentation for Concord in preparation for making the project public. Here's a section with some screenshots of Concord implemented on Kybern.org, demonstrating how you might use the platform.


Governing the Information Commons

March 04, 2020

Modern digital platforms encode individualist and capitalist concepts of property ownership into their very design - but what are the alternatives?