Technology is changing how we communicate, learn, create, preserve knowledge, build communities, and exercise our freedoms.
Every generation inherits new technologies.
Every generation must also decide how those technologies should serve humanity.
The Human Commons Constitution explores the enduring principles that should guide humanity’s relationship with technology—not only for today’s innovations, but for those still to come.
Technology changes. Human dignity does not.
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Why a Constitution?
Technology will continue to evolve.
Applications will change.
Platforms will come and go.
The principles that guide humanity’s relationship with technology should endure.
The Human Commons Constitution was not written to describe a product, a company, or a particular technology. It was written to establish a lasting foundation for thinking about how technology can strengthen human life while respecting human dignity, freedom, responsibility, and community.
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The Founding Edition is the first published edition of the Human Commons Constitution.
It preserves the original constitutional text and serves as the permanent published edition of the work.
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