Six Principles

As the Internet enabled a parallel shift in the way we cooperate to resemble more the original, instinctual and voluntary ‘Want’ type. In this newly defined model, the nature or description of ‘Want’, ‘Need’ and Must have completely changed too. This is in part, due to the fact that Cyberspace is an environment that we can control to a much larger extent and it does not directly affect our survival. To understand cooperation in Cyberspace we need a closer look into the nature of the Six Principles that enables it.

Emergent Democracy “refers to the Internet phenomenon change of the geopolitical landscape to increasingly reflect more democratic principles. It is used in the context of defining a political rift in the current world order between the interests of corporate-run business and the public, and to describe the new abilities of the public to organize with a newfound realistic capability of transcending the preexisting and established order.….'Emergent democracy' defines the ability for the public to represent itself in union—such as to permanently alter the nature of political and economic institutions to better reflect the common interests of a public unified on a worldwide scale.”
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent_democracy)

Knowledge Economy The following definition comes up when you type the term into Wikipedia:
“Knowledge Economy refers to the use of knowledge to produce economic benefits. The phrase was popularised if not invented by Peter Drucker as the heading to chapter 12 in his book The Age of Discontinuity (1969, Heinemann, London)”.
Advancingknowledge.com provides a more detailed, although not very coherent view. “The generation of knowledge is traditionally conceived as a process internal to single entity. But it is increasingly a product of networked entities, often differently situated yet motivated to find new solutions to specific problems, needs, and circumstances – and, in many cases, to reveal these solutions to others. Enabled by technology, knowledge moves quickly within these networks – across firms, institutions, borders, and distances. While scientific research has long been characterized by unfettered circulation of discoveries and the ability to build instantly on these discoveries, distributed models are gaining importance and becoming essential to the larger fabric of the knowledge-based economy.”

“Open Source describes general practices in production and development which promote access to the end product's sources. It is regarded by some as a philosophy and by others a pragmatic methodology…”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
The Open Source movement, it seems to me to be, permeating every sector of our society. The way we shop; Sainsbury’s advertising with recipe suggestions is also a way of information sharing for profit increase. Television programming usually reflect these changes in attitudes. The demanding viewer requires programming to follow the changes in sociological trends. One of the ways that television responded to the open source trend by largely increasing in make over shows, where the presenters now give tips on “how not to decorate” as well as how to do it correctly. What does an aspiring property developer must do to succeed so on, all of which skills were previously ‘bought’ not shared. Television and media not only responds but also in turn also largely influences this progress. This brings us to the core theme of my project. Cooperation is a basic life skill that helps us work successfully in groups and interact harmoniously with others. The creation of Cyberspace and the development of the Internet have enabled us to be true to our nature when it comes to cooperation.
The other three principles Trust, Symbiosis and Freedom I believe to be self-explanatory when associated with cooperation.