In New York, sex-positive communities have evolved into something more organized than outsiders tend to imagine. Not just parties, but curated ecosystems built on vetting, trust, and a shared commitment to consent. Alain Rostain, a Yale-trained computer scientist and longtime consultant, spent much of his life drawn to power, structure, and desire. Eventually, he applied the same thinking he used in professional settings to the messiest arena of all: intimacy.
Our starting point: Let's agree that journalism is not content. It's not a product. It's not an export. It's a shared resource. Treat it that way and everything changes. The idea of a journalism commons is not new (certainly not to Nieman Lab predictions), nor is it a metaphor; it's a tried-and-trusted, locally owned governance model that anyone can take part in,