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Protocol Series 4 · #02
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Public Goods
in Plain English
The stuff we all use and nobody profits from
some of the most valuable things in the world make no money. that's the problem, and the opportunity.
The Protocol · 5 steps
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Free for all
a park, open-source code, clean air. you can't fence them, and using them doesn't use them up.
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Markets underfund them
if you can't sell it or own it, business won't build it.
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We all depend on them
roads, science, the software under everything. invisible until they break.
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Funding them is everyone's job
public goods survive on shared contribution, not private profit.
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Small contributions compound
many people giving a little funds what no single buyer would.
Run it: name one public good you use daily. contribute something: money, time, or a thank-you.
“public goods markets price what we'd lose if no one built it.”
TL;DR free for all → market-ignored → all depend → shared duty → many hands
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