Absolutely brilliant (prezi) presentation by Arthur Brock, which reframes the whole of economic history through successfull ever broader reframings: New Economy, New Wealth on Prezi
Date archives "November 2010"
Web 4.0 as the next stage in the internet’s evolution?
Web 3.0 and Web 4.0 are economic development stages as peer to peer networks transform industry and political structures. They herald a return of community knowledge to the people and facilitate mass participation. Who should build these networks? Should these networks be community property or be owned by the private sector. Marcus Cake writes that:… Continue reading
Some Thoughts on the Commons for reflection by the Commons movement
* Document: Some Thoughts on the Commons. Prepared by the Steering Committee, International Commons Conference, to stimulate discussion and reflection. (David Bollier, Beatriz Busaniche, Silke Helfrich, Julio Lambing, Heike Löschmann) October 31, 2010 This document was offered to stimulate reflection at the recent commons conference in Berlin. Key Thesis: Commons are the enabler for all… Continue reading
With peer to peer technology, everyone can be a bank
The above title is one of the strong statements by David Hales in a lecture on peer to peer banking. It goes into quite some detail about the peer to peer aspects of new “chains of trust”-based peer finance projects: Ludwig Schuster writes about this video: “This is really one of the jewels re p2p-currency… Continue reading
Andy Clark on the Web and the Extended Mind
Via Howard Rheingold: “In contrast to contemporary arguments that using the web is making people and culture dumber and shallower, Andy Clark advocates the idea that knowledgeable use of digital media might, as Doug Engelbart put it, raise the collective IQ of cultures and extend the minds of individuals.” Video via ://www.blip.tv/file/433876 (embedded version may… Continue reading
Trust and the Relationship Economy: Interview with Jerry Michalski
Excerpts from an interesting interview conducted at thrivable.net by Todd Hoskins. Are we seeing companies that are nurturing the commons? “Todd: What is the Relationship Economy? Jerry: The Relationship Economy is a theory about how business, government, and society are being restructured worldwide. It starts with the belief that authentic trust is reemerging as a… Continue reading
Holarchy vs. hierarchy
From a really interesting essay by Andrew P.Smith, where he discusses animal vs. human consciousness, the return of panpsychist philosophies and science, etc … This very well written philosophical essay, understandable to any generally educated person, is a particular interpretation of human consciousness, also the introductory chapter of a e-book: “The Dimensions of Experience: A… Continue reading
Facebook’s Expansion into Your Life (or how social media feeds of the social)
This is a very interesting article (hat tip to Michel) on why Facebook (and for that matter other social media platforms too) want you to have more friends. In essence it is because more friends equals more activity which equals more content. Keeping the content coming is the key to a living social network. Like… Continue reading
Geert Lovink, free culture, and the threat of amateurisation
Marc Garrett of Furtherfield.org comments (originally in the netbehaviour mailing list) on our references to Geert Lovink’s critique of free culture: “Lovink’s relationship with ‘free culture’ comes from a micro perspective, influenced by connections built around an active respect for the idea, and possibly a personal reliance on particular structures and frameworks, dedicated in supporting… Continue reading
Book on a new translocalism: Recovering the commons through the recovery of public spaces
* Book: Recovering the Commons: Democracy, Place, and Global Justice. Herb Reid and Betsy Taylor. The Huffington Post writes: “Timely and critical analysis on civic activism and how social theory and theorists–from academics to armchair environmental activists–must come down to the grassroots frontlines to strengthen any conversations for the re-emergence of a new climate movement…. Continue reading
Elements of financial reform for peer to peer liquidity
Banks don’t need to be bailed out of bad debt. Society needs to be bailed out of a toxic kind of finance. Umair Haque describes what the new financial system, should, and will (if we build it, not the bankers), look like: Excerpts: “Finance 1.0 is built on a long-obsolete set of organizing principles. Those… Continue reading
Mark Elliott on stigmergy, citizen wikis, collaborative environments
Interview conducted by Howard Rheingold:
The Art of Murmuration
Via: Beautiful video on bird swarming and its relation to human collaboration:
Ripple, the open alternative to Paypal?
Short explanatory video/screencast to the Ripple Project, an open-source system of trusted personal payments:
The fourth stage of open source commercialization
I would now define stage 4.0 of commercial open source as characterized by corporate-dominated development communities … If open-core was a significant revenue strategy of open source 3.0, then expect the various complementary strategies to be the dominant revenue strategies of open source 4.0. While these companies remain reliant on closed source software to generate… Continue reading
A BetterMeans for open collaboration
Via Jay Standish: Explanatory (promo) “video of this superb project management tool and governance system for open, distributed, collaborative enterprises founded on social missions.” Yes, it does look impressive, and a key part of an open infrastructure. Robin (Good) comments: “Looks like a great distributed decision-making and project management system – thanks for sharing –… Continue reading