Relational spirituality defines itself in contrast to the vertical spirituality that focuses on inner transformation alone, in abstraction from the relational basis of human life; and in contrast to the authoritarian aspects of many traditional and contemporary spiritual paths. The following can serve as a good introduction to the topic. Authors who have pioneered the… Continue reading
Date archives "January 2006"
P2P, non-reciprocity, and the wisdom of crowds
Regarding to our earlier entry, The Wisdom of Crowds, David Bollier send us an interesting comment, part of a continuing conversation on the relationship between P2P as a process, and the Commons as an institution, see here (part 1) and here (part 2): David Bollier wrote in his comment: “Who owns the wisdom of the… Continue reading
Socially-centered P2P vs. business-centered P2P
I recently had the opportunity to meet with Ross Dawson, author of the book Living Networks, as well as his charming and very smart wife, while they were passing through Chiang Mai on a holiday. He also recently commented on our conversation. Ross has a very interesting blog, monitoring P2P developments, but seen from a… Continue reading
Distinguishing Open Access from Open Process
We published a number of references in order to arrive at a more precise definition of open knowledge and its various aspects, see the entry here, inspired by the work of the Open Knowledge Foundation. Here is a valuable refining by ben vershbow in the Future of the Book blog, on the occasion of the… Continue reading
Wireless Networking for the Developing world
Yasmin Masidi informs us of the following development, as a way to increase internet access to the developing world: (see also this item on the related FON project)I’ve come across mentions of this in a few blogs: “Wireless Networking for the Developing Worldâ€? is, according to the website, a practical guide to planning, building and… Continue reading
Continuing the dialogue with David Bollier: P2P, the Commons, the Market
This is a continuation of our dialogue with David Bollier, of the On the Commons blog, which we had started earlier, responding to a first series of six questions. 7. How stable, extensible and protectible is P2P, esp. given its dependency on the market order (and on public policies that are congenial with large, backward-looking… Continue reading
Towards a Value-based Quarternary Economics
We recommend the reading of Wim Nusselder’s vision of the evolution of economics towards a quarternary stage. We summarize his views, give excerpts,and offer some addtional commentary at the bottom of this entry. This is an economics based on Robert Pirsig’s Metaphysics of Quality (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Lila). It’s fourth section… Continue reading
Antigoras and netarchical capitalism, update
Our entry on netarchical capitalism, has been picked by a roundup of the blogosphere’s dialogue on Jaron Lanier’s original essay. We recommend to read the following related blog entries on: – the distribution of everything – Who owns the wisdom of crowds – Desktop Manufacturing
Read/Write Davos has never been so open
Davos is a meeting of the world political leaders and business leaders, with increasingly more fringe groups being included (Bono, Angelina Jolie, and religious leaders). Loic Le Meur ,the blogger Prime of France has been put in charge of opening up communication channels within the conference and its nocticeable. On his site you can already… Continue reading
The campaign against network neutrality
Network neutrality is the principle that obliges data carriers, the telecommunication companies that transport internet traffic, to not discriminate as to the content that they transport, they are ‘neutral’ towards it. However, they are campaigning to change it, under the rationale of differentiate service according to the ability to pay. This is very very dangerous… Continue reading
Call for Papers of Ephemeraweb.org: Affective and Immaterial Labour
Forwarding a call for papers: ‘Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organisation’ ( www.ephemeraweb.org) Forthcoming edition (January 2007): “Affective and Immaterial Labour Explored” (working title) * Edited by Ben Trott, Emma Dowling and Rodrigo Nunes That Capitalism has undergone a series of transformations over the past few decades, and that these transformations have been expressed –… Continue reading
Canadian event on free software based innovation and peer governance
We are reproducing their Call for Papers: Appel à communication – colloque ACFAS Colloque du 16 mai 2006 Le logiciel libre en tant que modèle d’innovation sociotechnique : pratiques de développement et de coopération dans les communautés (Congrès de ACFAS, 15-19 mai 2006, Université McGill, Montréal) Veuillez diffuser Nous vous invitons à présenter une communication… Continue reading
Is Asia ready for the peer to peer revolution?
I have tried to put my case for peer to peer, in a succinct format and adapted to the region where I live, it could in my mind be used as a syndicated column that would appear with country-specific references. I would appreciate any distribution amongst the Asian blog community. Here is the text: As… Continue reading
Asian New Media conference
I have just returned from the stimulating Asian New Media conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, organized by Malaysiakini and Seacem Updated material on the participants will be available on this post-conference page. Flickr pictures made by Andrew Lih, are here. Jeremiah Foo has made a beautiful photo essay of the event. The powerpoint presentations are… Continue reading
The three power systems: hierarchy, heterarchy, and responsible autonomy
In my presentations on the emergence of the peer to peer mode of production, governance, and property, I always insist on the difference between decentralized and distributed systems, with P2P applying to the latter. This differentiation is echoed in the theory of Triarchy, which makes the interesting distinction between three modes of power. Combined with… Continue reading
Special issue of Metamute on the Knowledge Commons
Metamute, an excellent magazine on digital culture developments, has a special issue on the Knowledge Commons and its contradictions. Here’s an excerpt introducing the issue: All agree that the knowledge commons must be extended and defended.But this endeavour is not without problems, political, tactical and philosophical. In this first issue of the new format Mute,… Continue reading