# openness is a catalyst This is the idea that "openness" is an essential requirement in catalyzing change in difficult problems, particularly in the early phases of tackling these problems. (I refer here to "openness" in the broadest sense, but for practical purposes, let's use the Creative Commons [pseudo definition](https://creativecommons.org/about/) of openness: sharing knowledge and creativity to address the world's pressing challenges). I'm going to (slowly) start making a list of data-points that support this idea, through the specific lens of a "just energy transition". - Here is Stripe's carbon removal project [[2021-11-25 Catalyzing Change]]