diff --git a/agora pkg chapter.md b/agora pkg chapter.md index 3d0eb25c9..d817d01f2 100644 --- a/agora pkg chapter.md +++ b/agora pkg chapter.md @@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ This project is of very large scope and might make use of non standard terminolo - [[Siphon]]: a bridge which exploits a gradient. - [[Commons]]: a [[social organism]] or [[social system]] provisioned and maintained by a community of practice for the [[common good]]. As per [[Elinor Ostrom]], [[Silke Helfrich]], [[David Bollier]], etc. -# Principles +# Vision This section details goals and values as they relate to the definition of an Agora on a high level. +The Agora is a project for the betterment of the internet, potentially leading to the betterment of the world. + The Agora as a project is positioned at the intersection of the fields of [[commoning]], [[patterning]] and [[knowledge management]]. This Agora is inspired by the pioneering work of Elinor Ostrom and others in the study of well functioning [[commons]], which resulted in dispelling the once dominant position that [[commons]] must be taken over by centralized agents to prevent the so called [[Tragedy of the Commons]].