Deling like fundamentalt som konkurranse?

Creative Commons har nylig gitt ut sin strategiplan 2016-2020, og har deling som en sentral del av strategien. Videoen nederst i denne artikkelen er kjempefin for å forklare ideen med å dele som et alternativ til konkurranse. Mennesket er konstruert for å dele og samarbeide like mye som konkurranse, og dersom offentlig politikk skal fungere optimalt så må samfunnet legge til rette for deling like mye som konkurranse. Når man åpnet opp forskningen på Zika-viruset, hvorfor ikke åpne opp kreftforskningen på samme måte?

We’re now faced with the most restrictive copyright laws in history, not to mention that much of the world’s scientific knowledge is locked behind paywalls. This is at a time when the public needs this knowledge the most to address a collection of worsening crises. However, a growing number of people understand that we can problem solve more quickly through sharing.

Ryan Merkley har skrevet om viktigheten av å dele, fordi det er en sentral del av menneskenaturen helt ned på DNA nivå:

Collaboration, sharing, and co-operation are in our nature — building community, co-operating towards common goods, and creating shared benefits are at the heart of who we are. In fact, these values live even closer to us than our beating hearts, operating at the level of our DNA. Martin Nowak, a Harvard professor who studies the underpinnings of evolution, argued in Scientific American that humanity’s story is one of both competition and cooperation. According to Nowak, it is not just a struggle for survival, but also an essential “snuggle for survival.”

An extreme take on Darwin’s theory of evolution might suggest we should never help our fellow humans. We are expected to exploit our creative works to the greatest extent possible, to extract the maximum benefit, to the exclusion of all others. To accept anything less is foolish. And yet the leading thinkers, and the data, suggest the exact opposite.