Andy Robinson argues that conservatism can’t be peer to peer, then adds an analysis of the social/political role of Red Toryism as “New Conservatism”: 1. Why conservatism can’t be peer to peer: “The reason Blond cannot be peer-to-peer is his complicity with neototalitarianism (outlined previously). While his aspirations aim towards a type of ‘community’ which… Continue reading
Date archives "May 2010"
Stigmergic collaboration vs. collectivism
A short but illuminating contribution to the Digital Maoism debate (i.e. critiques of internet collectivism as representing a danger to individualism), by Kevin Carson: “It seems to me that a lot of the juxtapositions of “individual authorial voice” and the “collective,” in critiques of “Digital communism/Maoism” like those of Lanier, Helprin, etc., miss the point…. Continue reading
Android is the most closed system ever, or: the art of the open source facade
so, is Android evil? No, it isn’t. It has done no harm – quite the contrary, Android has boosted the level of innovation on mobile software. The point of the article is not to vilify Google or concoct visions of Darth Vader; but to balance the level of openness hysteria with a reality check on… Continue reading
Obstacles to open source hardware (5): Patents are NOT the issue, argues Sam Rose
An update to the following series on obstacles to open source hardware: 1. The lack of open-source culture among component makers 2. IP, lack of adequate open licenses, patents 3. the MakerBot derivatives controversy 4. the public patent proposal Sam Rose: “In my opinion, it is not patents, but rather the world-view and perception of… Continue reading
The Idea of a Red Tory (1): report on a debate with Philip Blond
This is a write-up of an event I attended in Bristol recently. The event was a discussion around the idea of a Red Tory (Tory being the common term for a political conservative) between the author of the book ‘Red Tory’, Philip Blond and the political philosopher John Gray. The talk began with Philip Blond… Continue reading
Book of the week (2): Wikiworld, obstacles and stages to knowledge freedom
Book: Wikiworld: Political Economy of Digital Literacy, and the Road from Social to Socialist Media. Juha Suoranta – Tere Vadén. We presented the book on May 3. Here are some additional excerpts. The book is copylefted and you can get your hands of the text here at http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiworld or order it via Amazon. 1. Edutopias… Continue reading
Restoring Generativity to Science: the Science Commons approach
Ethan Zuckerman reports on the Science Commons project aims and endeavours: (the full original article has links, here excerpt only) “One way to think of the mission of Science Commons, Wilbanks tells us, is to spark generative effects in the scientific world much as we’ve seen them in the online world. He quotes Jonathan Zittrain’s… Continue reading
Mass collaboration projects in Australia
In a discussion of Wikipedia, the All the Modern Things blog, reviews mass collaboration projects in Australia. Go the full original article for the links to the projects. “Luckily in Australia we have many bold institutions, or more to the point bold individuals in the cultural and public sectors, who are dipping their toes or… Continue reading
The China Future: Using CNC’s to make Anything
A provocative post by Steve Richfield on the future of distributed manufacturing. Comments on how realistic this is would be welcome. Steve Richfield, Apr 27, 2010 at the [email protected] : “REALLY ADVANCED CNC (Continuous Numerical Control) manufacturing machinery, some of which exists today, is instantly reconfigurable to make many very different things. Just put CNC… Continue reading
Horizontalism in Argentina
“Horizontalism is?a relationship—a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. The movements in Argentina are?about the process, about the revolution that can be achieved in the every day. The movements are not about taking power?but about creating ‘another power’ through… Continue reading
#talkingabout: P2P Foundation
Michel Bauwens , founder of the P2P Foundation was in Barcelona again last week to speak at the Universidad Nomada in the Sala Conservas and I went along with Ricard Espelt & Gemma Urgell to film this interview with him for their #talkingabout series. #talkingabout is a paltform which aims to create participation around things, people & ideas worth, well, talking about through a system of videos, votes, comments etc which is open to anyone. … Here’s a video which presents #talkingabout : I also recorded an interview with Michel for the Citilab blog : Here’s Michel’s presentation from the Universidad Nomada: Everything open and free on Prezi Ricard Espelt is also #talkingabout P2P Foundation here (in Catalan).
Continue readingVideo: sharing neighborhood goods
Via: This video explains (alert: commercial tone) a use community at the neighborhood level: NeighborGoods from sparky rose on Vimeo.
What are integral politics?
The Integral Review is an offshoot of the integrative movement, mostly from the Wilber version, but they have become largely autonomous and are open to many voices, unlike mainstream neoconservative Wilberism. Their last issue is of a very high quality and deals specifically with the theme of Integral Politics In her introductory editorial, chief editor… Continue reading
Book of the Week: Wikiworld, the political economy of digital literacy
“In the digital world of learning there is a progressive transformation from the institutionalized and individualized forms of learning to open learning and collaboration. The book provides a view on the use of new technologies and learning practices in furthering socially just futures, while at the same time paying critical attention to the constants, or… Continue reading
Hygienic, spatial and class-based social racism in the Thai polity
The alleged “double standard” by the urban elite and media is strikingly consistent. It is in fact a single set of standards that laws, reasons, rights, rewards and punishments, and other value judgments should be applied to people according to their different hierarchy. The consistent “double standard,” cannot be explained otherwise except as a form… Continue reading
The dawn of product-service systems
A variation on the idea of use communities that we discussed yesterday, Dawn Danby presents the PSS systems that are emerging. (the original has links) Dawn Danby: “The product-service-system (or PSS) is a new term for an old idea: emphasizing access over ownership, it’s simply about sharing products among people, and recognizing that bright green… Continue reading