<s>
Sharism	B-Application
is	O
a	O
philosophy	O
on	O
sharing	O
content	O
and	O
ideas	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Isaac	O
Mao	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
user-generated	O
content	O
,	O
sharism	B-Application
states	O
that	O
the	O
act	O
of	O
sharing	O
something	O
within	O
a	O
community	O
produces	O
a	O
proper	O
value	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
its	O
participants	O
:	O
"	O
the	O
more	O
you	O
share	O
,	O
the	O
more	O
you	O
receive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharism	B-Application
was	O
coined	O
by	O
Isaac	O
Mao	O
in	O
the	O
essay	O
"	O
Sharism	B-Application
:	O
A	O
Mind	O
Revolution	O
"	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
book	O
Freesouls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharism	B-Application
has	O
been	O
particularly	O
focused	O
in	O
China	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
Open	O
Web	O
and	O
combat	O
Internet	O
censorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
proponents	O
of	O
sharism	B-Application
as	O
both	O
a	O
term	O
and	O
practice	O
have	O
included	O
Larry	O
Lessig	O
and	O
Ou	O
Ning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
during	O
a	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
lecture	O
in	O
Beijing	O
,	O
Lessig	O
mentioned	O
sharism	B-Application
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
openness	O
and	O
innovation	O
in	O
creative	O
industries	O
and	O
intellectual	O
property	O
law	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
Ou	O
in	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
a	O
curator	O
choose	O
sharism	B-Application
as	O
the	O
unifying	O
theme	O
for	O
the	O
Shanghai	B-Device
biennale	O
exhibition	O
"	O
Get	O
It	O
Louder	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
about	O
the	O
exhibition	O
,	O
Ou	O
discussed	O
sharism	B-Application
at	O
length	O
and	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
Internet	O
concept	O
"	O
that	O
explores	O
the	O
increasingly	O
convoluted	O
relationship	O
between	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
realms.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Sharism	B-Application
Lab	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2012	O
with	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
providing	O
experimental	O
and	O
theoretical	O
background	O
for	O
a	O
real-world	O
implementation	O
of	O
sharism	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
types	O
of	O
sharism	B-Application
events	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
meet	O
and	O
share	O
things	O
they	O
like	O
or	O
things	O
they	O
make	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharism	B-Application
Forum	O
was	O
held	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
at	O
the	O
Get	O
It	O
Louder	O
festival	O
in	O
Shanghai	B-Device
,	O
and	O
gathered	O
international	O
speakers	O
,	O
practitioners	O
and	O
activists	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
sharism	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
event	O
called	O
"	O
Sharism	B-Application
Presents	O
"	O
offers	O
an	O
informal	O
setup	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
share	O
whatever	O
they	O
want	O
with	O
the	O
attending	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2010	O
,	O
Sharism	B-Application
Presents	O
have	O
been	O
hosted	O
in	O
many	O
cities	O
throughout	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
included	O
:	O
Amsterdam	O
,	O
Shanghai	B-Device
,	O
Beijing	O
,	O
Madrid	O
,	O
Barcelona	O
,	O
Brussels	O
,	O
Berlin	O
,	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
and	O
Seoul	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharism	B-Application
Workshops	O
provide	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
collective	O
production	O
through	O
the	O
act	O
of	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
art	O
world	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
suggested	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
"	O
dangers	O
of	O
'	O
sharism	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
"	O
lead	O
people	O
to	O
believe	O
that	O
whatever	O
is	O
contemporary	O
must	O
also	O
be	O
avantgarde.	O
"	O
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