Digital systems have changed the practical meaning of governmental power. Information held in separate places can be correlated instantly. Vendors can provide access without transferring a permanent copy. Artificial intelligence can infer facts that no agency collected directly. A state can therefore acquire generalized informational power without building one visible central database.
Fiduciary Commons begins with the individual, not the data artifact. It treats underlying facts as an unownable commons, places the person in the primary position of informational trusteeship, and treats government as a secondary fiduciary whose authority is bounded by delegated power, legitimate purpose, necessity, and constitutional structure.
The Power to Know
Why system capability is a question of public power.
Primary Information Trustee
Why the person occupies the primary normative position.
Limited Informational Government
Sufficient capability without generalized standing power.
Twelve Principles
The framework in concise public propositions.
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