Concepts for understanding
Veronocracy.
Open a concept. Approach the question behind its definition. This guide offers a brief introduction to how these concepts are used within Veronocracy.
01Platform sovereignty
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Public debate, commerce and visibility shaped by the rules of platforms.
Who makes the rules, and who holds the rule-makers accountable?
02Data colonialism
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Our experiences becoming data, and data becoming economic and political power.
How much say do we have in the value generated from our lives?
03Limbic media
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Attention organised through emotions such as anger, fear and belonging.
Are we reflecting, or constantly reacting?
04Habeas Data
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Remaining an active subject in relation to information and judgments produced about us.
Can we challenge the story systems tell about us?
05The commons
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Knowledge, resources and digital spaces governed through shared participation.
Can we govern the world we share together?
06Algorithmic belief
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Systems organising visibility participating in what we find possible and credible.
Who decides whether an idea becomes visible?
07Data sovereignty
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The pursuit of a meaningful say over how data is collected, used and circulated.
When your data moves, does your agency move with it?
08Homo conscientia
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A person who recognises their conditions, questions them and helps build the future.
Can we move beyond the predictions made about us?
09Threshold consciousness
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Recognising that the order we are entering is unfinished and that we can participate in shaping it.
Is the future simply something that happens to us?