A public sphere where a collective of Public Goods Builders explores Crypto Thoughts together.
What is Public Sphere?
The concept of the Public Sphere, originating from the German term ‘Öffentlichkeit’, embodies notions of openness and transparency. While not originally coined by Jürgen Habermas, his seminal work “The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere” is regarded as the authoritative genesis of Public Sphere theory, embedding it as a universal concept in European political discourse. In his work, Habermas equates the public sphere with publicness, defining it as “a realm in our social life where public opinion can be formed.” He further describes it as “a domain where individuals, assembled into a public body, challenge the controlled public realm exerted by public authorities, creating a space for discourse on issues like commodity exchange and social labor, which are fundamentally private but retain a public character.”
What is Public Goods?
Public goods are characterized by their non-competitive and non-exclusionary nature, allowing unrestricted access to all. In the realm of Web3, the significance of public goods is paramount. These include clean air, water, libraries, and even the internet and open-source software. Their hallmark is universal accessibility, where one person’s use does not detrimentally affect another’s.
What is Crypto Toughts?
The Web3.0 landscape is rife with decentralized politico-economic movements, exploring grand visions like public goods, sovereign individuals, UBI, network states, creator economies, Ostrom’s school of public choice, radical markets, Harberger taxes, and more. At Uncommons, we aspire to foster a community of internet citizens who are intrigued by radical ‘crypto thoughts.’ Our goal is to explore the feasibility of public goods, the journey to becoming a sovereign individual, discussing radical markets through the lens of Austrian School monetary theory, and the potential integration of Harberger taxes into Web3. We aim to explore whether DAOs can strike a balance between Leviathan and privatization in addressing the tragedy of the commons, akin to Ostrom’s concept of self-governance.
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