Rufus Pollock (born 1980) is an economist and founder of Open Knowledge. He is a Shuttleworth Foundation alumnus, an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge and President of Open Knowledge which he co-founded (as the Open Knowledge Foundation) in 2004 and served as a board director until 2013.
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In 2007 and 2009 Pollock published two controversial papers regarding the optimal copyright term, where he proposed based on an economical model with empirically-estimable parameters an optimal duration of only 15 years, significantly shorter than any currently existing copyright term.
How Tech is Driving Inequality | Rufus Pollock | TEDxRuelaFayette
What's the hidden cause of rising inequality? We've been missing the source -- and it all comes down one basic mistake in the rules we've made for our digital world. Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur and technologist making a digital economy that works for everyone. He is the Founder of the international non-profit Open Knowledge, an Ashoka and Shuttleworth Fellow and an associate at the Centre for Intellectual Properyt and Information Law at the University of Cambridge. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
published: 14 Sep 2018
Rufus Pollock: SECOND RENAISSANCE: A TIME BETWEEN WORLDS - BY RUFUS POLLOCK & LIFE ITSELF
The period between the decline of an old regime and the rising of a new way of life offers a space of both risk and opportunity. How do we present what is happening and some key ideas of this “space" in a way that is succinct and accessible, also to people not yet "in the space"? In this talk, Rufus Pollock and the Life Itself Research Collective will present the concept of a Second Renaissance as one framing of this "time between worlds" to set the stage for constructive dialogue about what's going on in the world and what's needed for a radical transformation.
SPEAKER:
Rufus Pollock is a systems researcher, cultural activist and social entrepreneur working to make a digital information economy that works for everyone. He has been a leading figure in the global open knowledge and open d...
published: 27 Jun 2024
Rufus Pollock: A Robot Revolution for the 1%?
"The bottom 16% haven't seen their income rise since 1970, that's only 50 years. They are actually poorer in 2018 than they were when they went to vote, and that has never happened in the history of the US.
Meanwhile, the richest population, the top 5% has risen dramatically. And when everyone is struggling that is ok, but when you notice everyone is struggling except the top richest 5%, then you get angry. And it's not just the bluecollar, now it's also the middle classes."
Rufus Pollock is founder Open Knowledge International, a leading non-profit that empowers people and organizations with the access to information and the tools and skills for making sense of it.
Author of the book "The Open Revolution," a vision where digital information is owned not by the few but by everyone and wh...
published: 03 Dec 2018
Rufus Pollock | The Long Struggle for Open Knowledge
Rufus Pollock is the founder and president of Open Knowledge. In his PDF 15 talk, he discusses the need for open knowledge on all scales of government information, from the grandiose to the every day.
https://personaldemocracy.com/conferences/nyc/2015/
published: 08 Jun 2015
European Data Summit with Rufus Pollock
published: 15 Nov 2018
Rufus Pollock - #EmpoderaLIVE 2016
Entrevista a Rufus Pollock, presidente y fundador de Open Knowledge, una red global sin ánimo de lucro que promueve el uso abierto de información, en #EmpoderaLive 2016. Un evento organizado por Fundación Cibervoluntarios (www.cibervoluntarios.org) en Málaga, España.
Aquí la entrevista completa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWvpc-rUJM&list=PLLhqER4qkwLNepcXtqGEMl8l7Rh4iPDPm&index=105
EmpoderaLIVE es un evento de referencia a nivel internacional que cada año reúne en Málaga a ponentes inspiradores de todo el mundo y que en 2021 cumple 15 años. Es parte de Empodera.org, un ecosistema de innovación colectiva apoyado por Naciones Unidas para cumplir con los retos de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de forma colaborativa, abierta, ética y sostenible.
Síguenos en:
https://empodera.o...
What's the hidden cause of rising inequality? We've been missing the source -- and it all comes down one basic mistake in the rules we've made for our digital w...
What's the hidden cause of rising inequality? We've been missing the source -- and it all comes down one basic mistake in the rules we've made for our digital world. Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur and technologist making a digital economy that works for everyone. He is the Founder of the international non-profit Open Knowledge, an Ashoka and Shuttleworth Fellow and an associate at the Centre for Intellectual Properyt and Information Law at the University of Cambridge. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
What's the hidden cause of rising inequality? We've been missing the source -- and it all comes down one basic mistake in the rules we've made for our digital world. Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur and technologist making a digital economy that works for everyone. He is the Founder of the international non-profit Open Knowledge, an Ashoka and Shuttleworth Fellow and an associate at the Centre for Intellectual Properyt and Information Law at the University of Cambridge. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
The period between the decline of an old regime and the rising of a new way of life offers a space of both risk and opportunity. How do we present what is happe...
The period between the decline of an old regime and the rising of a new way of life offers a space of both risk and opportunity. How do we present what is happening and some key ideas of this “space" in a way that is succinct and accessible, also to people not yet "in the space"? In this talk, Rufus Pollock and the Life Itself Research Collective will present the concept of a Second Renaissance as one framing of this "time between worlds" to set the stage for constructive dialogue about what's going on in the world and what's needed for a radical transformation.
SPEAKER:
Rufus Pollock is a systems researcher, cultural activist and social entrepreneur working to make a digital information economy that works for everyone. He has been a leading figure in the global open knowledge and open data movements, starting with his founding of Open Knowledge in 2004, a pioneering international non-profit that empowers people and organizations with access to information and the tools and skills to make sense of it. Pollock is an associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge and continues to serve on the board of Open Knowledge International. He is an Ashoka Fellow, a Fellow of the RSA, a recipient of the Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship as well as the Mead Fellowship in Economics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. He has advised national governments, IGOs, companies and NGOs on how to succeed in the digital world.
In 2016, Pollock also co-founded the non-profit Life Itself, an organisation of pragmatic utopians exploring practical paths toward a civilizational transition. Over the years, Life Itself has been mapping out an emerging ecosystem of changemakers, profiling over 200 organisations ranging from politics, wellbeing, arts, and technology. This community of artists, researchers, technologists, and community builders has been bestowed with various labels, including metamodernism, integralism, and the regenerative movement. Yet, regardless of nomenclature and the variety of backgrounds, each member shares a commitment to taking practical action to solve the collective challenges facing our society and culture.
SEMINAR SERIES:
CLEA seminars are taking place simultaneously at the VUB campus in Etterbeek, Brussels, and online (via Zoom) and are open to everyone interested. Read more at clea.research.vub.be/en
The period between the decline of an old regime and the rising of a new way of life offers a space of both risk and opportunity. How do we present what is happening and some key ideas of this “space" in a way that is succinct and accessible, also to people not yet "in the space"? In this talk, Rufus Pollock and the Life Itself Research Collective will present the concept of a Second Renaissance as one framing of this "time between worlds" to set the stage for constructive dialogue about what's going on in the world and what's needed for a radical transformation.
SPEAKER:
Rufus Pollock is a systems researcher, cultural activist and social entrepreneur working to make a digital information economy that works for everyone. He has been a leading figure in the global open knowledge and open data movements, starting with his founding of Open Knowledge in 2004, a pioneering international non-profit that empowers people and organizations with access to information and the tools and skills to make sense of it. Pollock is an associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge and continues to serve on the board of Open Knowledge International. He is an Ashoka Fellow, a Fellow of the RSA, a recipient of the Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship as well as the Mead Fellowship in Economics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. He has advised national governments, IGOs, companies and NGOs on how to succeed in the digital world.
In 2016, Pollock also co-founded the non-profit Life Itself, an organisation of pragmatic utopians exploring practical paths toward a civilizational transition. Over the years, Life Itself has been mapping out an emerging ecosystem of changemakers, profiling over 200 organisations ranging from politics, wellbeing, arts, and technology. This community of artists, researchers, technologists, and community builders has been bestowed with various labels, including metamodernism, integralism, and the regenerative movement. Yet, regardless of nomenclature and the variety of backgrounds, each member shares a commitment to taking practical action to solve the collective challenges facing our society and culture.
SEMINAR SERIES:
CLEA seminars are taking place simultaneously at the VUB campus in Etterbeek, Brussels, and online (via Zoom) and are open to everyone interested. Read more at clea.research.vub.be/en
"The bottom 16% haven't seen their income rise since 1970, that's only 50 years. They are actually poorer in 2018 than they were when they went to vote, and tha...
"The bottom 16% haven't seen their income rise since 1970, that's only 50 years. They are actually poorer in 2018 than they were when they went to vote, and that has never happened in the history of the US.
Meanwhile, the richest population, the top 5% has risen dramatically. And when everyone is struggling that is ok, but when you notice everyone is struggling except the top richest 5%, then you get angry. And it's not just the bluecollar, now it's also the middle classes."
Rufus Pollock is founder Open Knowledge International, a leading non-profit that empowers people and organizations with the access to information and the tools and skills for making sense of it.
Author of the book "The Open Revolution," a vision where digital information is owned not by the few but by everyone and where creators are recognized and rewarded.
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"The bottom 16% haven't seen their income rise since 1970, that's only 50 years. They are actually poorer in 2018 than they were when they went to vote, and that has never happened in the history of the US.
Meanwhile, the richest population, the top 5% has risen dramatically. And when everyone is struggling that is ok, but when you notice everyone is struggling except the top richest 5%, then you get angry. And it's not just the bluecollar, now it's also the middle classes."
Rufus Pollock is founder Open Knowledge International, a leading non-profit that empowers people and organizations with the access to information and the tools and skills for making sense of it.
Author of the book "The Open Revolution," a vision where digital information is owned not by the few but by everyone and where creators are recognized and rewarded.
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Rufus Pollock is the founder and president of Open Knowledge. In his PDF 15 talk, he discusses the need for open knowledge on all scales of government informati...
Rufus Pollock is the founder and president of Open Knowledge. In his PDF 15 talk, he discusses the need for open knowledge on all scales of government information, from the grandiose to the every day.
https://personaldemocracy.com/conferences/nyc/2015/
Rufus Pollock is the founder and president of Open Knowledge. In his PDF 15 talk, he discusses the need for open knowledge on all scales of government information, from the grandiose to the every day.
https://personaldemocracy.com/conferences/nyc/2015/
Entrevista a Rufus Pollock, presidente y fundador de Open Knowledge, una red global sin ánimo de lucro que promueve el uso abierto de información, en #EmpoderaL...
Entrevista a Rufus Pollock, presidente y fundador de Open Knowledge, una red global sin ánimo de lucro que promueve el uso abierto de información, en #EmpoderaLive 2016. Un evento organizado por Fundación Cibervoluntarios (www.cibervoluntarios.org) en Málaga, España.
Aquí la entrevista completa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWvpc-rUJM&list=PLLhqER4qkwLNepcXtqGEMl8l7Rh4iPDPm&index=105
EmpoderaLIVE es un evento de referencia a nivel internacional que cada año reúne en Málaga a ponentes inspiradores de todo el mundo y que en 2021 cumple 15 años. Es parte de Empodera.org, un ecosistema de innovación colectiva apoyado por Naciones Unidas para cumplir con los retos de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de forma colaborativa, abierta, ética y sostenible.
Síguenos en:
https://empodera.org
https://twitter.com/EMPODERA_org
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Interview with Rufus Pollock, co-founder and president of Open Knowledge, a non-profit network promoting the open use of information, in #EmpoderaLIVE 2016. An event organized by Fundación Cibervoluntarios (www.cibervoluntarios.org) in Málaga, Spain.
Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWvpc-rUJM&list=PLLhqER4qkwLNepcXtqGEMl8l7Rh4iPDPm&index=105
EmpoderaLIVE is an international level event that brings together inspiring speakers from all over the world and in 2021 we celebrate its 15th anniversary. The event is part of Empodera.org, a collective innovation ecosystem supported by United Nations to overcome the challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals in an open, collaborative, sustainable and ethical way.
Follow us in:
https://empodera.org
https://twitter.com/EMPODERA_org
Entrevista a Rufus Pollock, presidente y fundador de Open Knowledge, una red global sin ánimo de lucro que promueve el uso abierto de información, en #EmpoderaLive 2016. Un evento organizado por Fundación Cibervoluntarios (www.cibervoluntarios.org) en Málaga, España.
Aquí la entrevista completa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWvpc-rUJM&list=PLLhqER4qkwLNepcXtqGEMl8l7Rh4iPDPm&index=105
EmpoderaLIVE es un evento de referencia a nivel internacional que cada año reúne en Málaga a ponentes inspiradores de todo el mundo y que en 2021 cumple 15 años. Es parte de Empodera.org, un ecosistema de innovación colectiva apoyado por Naciones Unidas para cumplir con los retos de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de forma colaborativa, abierta, ética y sostenible.
Síguenos en:
https://empodera.org
https://twitter.com/EMPODERA_org
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Interview with Rufus Pollock, co-founder and president of Open Knowledge, a non-profit network promoting the open use of information, in #EmpoderaLIVE 2016. An event organized by Fundación Cibervoluntarios (www.cibervoluntarios.org) in Málaga, Spain.
Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWvpc-rUJM&list=PLLhqER4qkwLNepcXtqGEMl8l7Rh4iPDPm&index=105
EmpoderaLIVE is an international level event that brings together inspiring speakers from all over the world and in 2021 we celebrate its 15th anniversary. The event is part of Empodera.org, a collective innovation ecosystem supported by United Nations to overcome the challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals in an open, collaborative, sustainable and ethical way.
Follow us in:
https://empodera.org
https://twitter.com/EMPODERA_org
What's the hidden cause of rising inequality? We've been missing the source -- and it all comes down one basic mistake in the rules we've made for our digital world. Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur and technologist making a digital economy that works for everyone. He is the Founder of the international non-profit Open Knowledge, an Ashoka and Shuttleworth Fellow and an associate at the Centre for Intellectual Properyt and Information Law at the University of Cambridge. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
The period between the decline of an old regime and the rising of a new way of life offers a space of both risk and opportunity. How do we present what is happening and some key ideas of this “space" in a way that is succinct and accessible, also to people not yet "in the space"? In this talk, Rufus Pollock and the Life Itself Research Collective will present the concept of a Second Renaissance as one framing of this "time between worlds" to set the stage for constructive dialogue about what's going on in the world and what's needed for a radical transformation.
SPEAKER:
Rufus Pollock is a systems researcher, cultural activist and social entrepreneur working to make a digital information economy that works for everyone. He has been a leading figure in the global open knowledge and open data movements, starting with his founding of Open Knowledge in 2004, a pioneering international non-profit that empowers people and organizations with access to information and the tools and skills to make sense of it. Pollock is an associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge and continues to serve on the board of Open Knowledge International. He is an Ashoka Fellow, a Fellow of the RSA, a recipient of the Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship as well as the Mead Fellowship in Economics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. He has advised national governments, IGOs, companies and NGOs on how to succeed in the digital world.
In 2016, Pollock also co-founded the non-profit Life Itself, an organisation of pragmatic utopians exploring practical paths toward a civilizational transition. Over the years, Life Itself has been mapping out an emerging ecosystem of changemakers, profiling over 200 organisations ranging from politics, wellbeing, arts, and technology. This community of artists, researchers, technologists, and community builders has been bestowed with various labels, including metamodernism, integralism, and the regenerative movement. Yet, regardless of nomenclature and the variety of backgrounds, each member shares a commitment to taking practical action to solve the collective challenges facing our society and culture.
SEMINAR SERIES:
CLEA seminars are taking place simultaneously at the VUB campus in Etterbeek, Brussels, and online (via Zoom) and are open to everyone interested. Read more at clea.research.vub.be/en
"The bottom 16% haven't seen their income rise since 1970, that's only 50 years. They are actually poorer in 2018 than they were when they went to vote, and that has never happened in the history of the US.
Meanwhile, the richest population, the top 5% has risen dramatically. And when everyone is struggling that is ok, but when you notice everyone is struggling except the top richest 5%, then you get angry. And it's not just the bluecollar, now it's also the middle classes."
Rufus Pollock is founder Open Knowledge International, a leading non-profit that empowers people and organizations with the access to information and the tools and skills for making sense of it.
Author of the book "The Open Revolution," a vision where digital information is owned not by the few but by everyone and where creators are recognized and rewarded.
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Save The Date
📅November 19-21 2019📅
Check out our website for further details: http://www.smartcityexpo.com/home
If you wish to attend, check out our passes: http://www.smartcityexpo.com/en/visit/passes-and-prices
Also, follow us on our other social media platforms
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Rufus Pollock is the founder and president of Open Knowledge. In his PDF 15 talk, he discusses the need for open knowledge on all scales of government information, from the grandiose to the every day.
https://personaldemocracy.com/conferences/nyc/2015/
Entrevista a Rufus Pollock, presidente y fundador de Open Knowledge, una red global sin ánimo de lucro que promueve el uso abierto de información, en #EmpoderaLive 2016. Un evento organizado por Fundación Cibervoluntarios (www.cibervoluntarios.org) en Málaga, España.
Aquí la entrevista completa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWvpc-rUJM&list=PLLhqER4qkwLNepcXtqGEMl8l7Rh4iPDPm&index=105
EmpoderaLIVE es un evento de referencia a nivel internacional que cada año reúne en Málaga a ponentes inspiradores de todo el mundo y que en 2021 cumple 15 años. Es parte de Empodera.org, un ecosistema de innovación colectiva apoyado por Naciones Unidas para cumplir con los retos de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de forma colaborativa, abierta, ética y sostenible.
Síguenos en:
https://empodera.org
https://twitter.com/EMPODERA_org
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Interview with Rufus Pollock, co-founder and president of Open Knowledge, a non-profit network promoting the open use of information, in #EmpoderaLIVE 2016. An event organized by Fundación Cibervoluntarios (www.cibervoluntarios.org) in Málaga, Spain.
Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWvpc-rUJM&list=PLLhqER4qkwLNepcXtqGEMl8l7Rh4iPDPm&index=105
EmpoderaLIVE is an international level event that brings together inspiring speakers from all over the world and in 2021 we celebrate its 15th anniversary. The event is part of Empodera.org, a collective innovation ecosystem supported by United Nations to overcome the challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals in an open, collaborative, sustainable and ethical way.
Follow us in:
https://empodera.org
https://twitter.com/EMPODERA_org
Rufus Pollock (born 1980) is an economist and founder of Open Knowledge. He is a Shuttleworth Foundation alumnus, an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge and President of Open Knowledge which he co-founded (as the Open Knowledge Foundation) in 2004 and served as a board director until 2013.
Work
In 2007 and 2009 Pollock published two controversial papers regarding the optimal copyright term, where he proposed based on an economical model with empirically-estimable parameters an optimal duration of only 15 years, significantly shorter than any currently existing copyright term.
Have you ever been ambushed? [Chorus] Every time I write a rhyme you know it's tight People say B-L-A-Q you out of sight Yo chiki chiki high chiko comin' through 'bout to do the impossible [Repeat] [Verse 1] Never test B-L-A-Q the six footer you tried to call my bluff How could ya? Frontin' when you ain't got straps Why would ya? cuttin' hard core & ya tank's full of sugar You can never compare to rhymes I write my style is ferocious & I'm gettin' ?? for tonight Groupies in my hotel lobby I'm hittin' on 'em niggas try to take my reign I'm shittin' on 'em As is I'm trippin' on 'em tracks I'm flippin' on 'em niggas ain't satisfied 'til my weapon is spittin' on 'em Everytime I bust mine your soul burn you niggas yearn to learn my flows spread the germs Makin' you squirm any MC can get his ass beat blowin' up the spot in spite of the last beef Chiki ko ya highest title ya numero uno My wife is Puerto Rican so we speak in ?? nationality noo it don't matter where you rest you can still catch verbal slugs to ya chest You niggas tryin' to front like you hard as cold steel "The Sweetest Thing," I've ever known is Bourbon Hills [Chorus] [Verse 2] Who the most John Blaze? and who John Doe? I'm too hot chiki chiki ahh chiki o Unfadeable (Yo) top dollar when I bark I bite rougher than Rottweiler pull around here I'm buckin' your Impala My entourage is large like Kamala The women holler I lay my game down sick Heeyyy stick it up in yo' girl so I'm quick tickle it hee hee hee hee hee Who I be? A P to the I to the M to the P Lyrically y'all haters should not test I'm too laced ice on my wrist to chest you talkin' shit when you never progress I'm a excel until I have no goals left I'm gone [Chorus] B-L-A-Q's gonna make you dance Ambush gonna make you dance What what come on M-O double B's gonna make you dance Dontell wanna make you dance Every time I write a rhyme you know it's tight People say B-L-A-Q you out of sight Yo chiki chiki high chiko comin' through 'bout to do the impossible [Repeat] A to the M-B-U-S-H Ambush baby A to the M-B-U-S-H never forgets (that's us) A to the M-B-U-S-H uhh that's us that's us