The document discusses Dan Tapscott's four elements of openness: collaboration, transparency, sharing, and empowerment. It notes that Tapscott believes humanity is building machines that enable unprecedented collaboration on an astronomical scale. It also quotes Professor Karen Stephenson saying that since we cannot experience everything ourselves, we rely on others' experiences to gain knowledge. The document is about intellectual property and openness.

1. What do we do with
Our intellectual
property?
By Asmaa Hussein
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6. Dan Tapsott’s
4 Elements
of
Openness
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7. 1.
Collaboration
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8. “HUMANITY IS BUILDING A
MACHINE AND THIS ENABLES US
TO COLLABORATE IN NEW
WAYS…ON AN ASTRONOMICAL
BASIS.” Tapscott
~Don
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9. Working together
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10. 2.
Transparency
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13. 3.
Sharing
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14. “Experience has long been considered
the best teacher of knowledge. Since we
cannot experience everything, other
people's experiences, and hence other
people, become the surrogate for
knowledge. “
~Prof. Karen Stephenson
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15. 4.
Empowerment
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21. Attribution
• TEDTalk-Don Tapscott: Four Principles for
the Open World
• Background images from Flickr commons
and Wikimedia commons
• Word cloud made using wordle.net
• Jay Bradner drug research illustration from
tedxboston.org
• Infographic made using easel.ly
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22. What do we do with
Our intellectual
property?
By Asmaa Hussein
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