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title: '**private commons**'
description: >-
  **private commons** — as used in this channel's material, shorthand for a
  _private data commons_: a pool of data held outside fully open, public
  ownership that people can collectively draw on. Reid Hoffman raises it as a
  side thread when discussing equitable access to AI and data rights.
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  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/private-commons-e97641b5e599
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  https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/private-commons-e97641b5e599.md
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# \*\*private commons\*\*

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/private-commons-e97641b5e599

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**private commons** — as used in this channel's material, shorthand for a _private data commons_: a pool of data held outside fully open, public ownership that people can collectively draw on. Reid Hoffman raises it as a side thread when discussing equitable access to AI and data rights.

In this channel's material, the term appears in Reid Hoffman's discussion of preparing for AGI, as one of the side threads he raises alongside equitable access to AI: the idea of a **private data commons** [^d2407574]. The handout for the full episode frames it the same way — a side thread running alongside the episode's main arguments about agency, compasses-over-blueprints, and preparing your work for AI [^2030c8bf].