Source: Art Fag City MTAA, Simple Net Art Diagram, 1997, Animated GIF When I studied the logistics of running DNS, I realized that the limits on it were artificially imposed in order to limit supply and facilitate control. The central database and “whois” records are all controlled by Network Solutions, Inc., who is a subsidiary… Continue reading
Date archives "January 2012"
P2P Essay of the Day: Wikileaks’ Liquid Information Leaks for a Liquid Society
* Article: Liquid Information Leaks. By Nathan Jurgenson and PJ Rey. Summary “In this essay, (we will) argue that the so-called WikiLeaks global scandal can be understood through the framework developed by Zygmunt Bauman (2000) in Liquid Modernity, where he argues that Late Modernity is characterized by a trend of increasing liquidity. As an extension… Continue reading
Occupy as a long-lasting movement, poised for 2013
the Occupiers never left, that the Occupiers are still right there Occupying. The same websites and meeting places still announce, and organize, and then report the aftermath of the efforts and events in which they are still palpably participating. Excerpted from Dale Carrico: “As you might have guessed by now, what might have seemed a… Continue reading
P2P Video of the Day: Discussing the Politics of the Occupy Movement
A roundtable discussion with students and activists either directly involved with Occupy Wall St. or who are closely following the #Occupy movement. Part 1 What is the #Occupy movement? from Platypus Affiliated Society on Vimeo. Part 2 What is the #Occupy Movement?: Part II Roundtable Discussion from Platypus Affiliated Society on Vimeo. Description The recent… Continue reading
P2P Video of the Day: Daniel Bruch Duarte on the Brazilian Fora do Eixo Solidarity Economics Business Model
01 What is Fora do Eixo from Andrew Dubber on Vimeo. Via: “Circuito Fora do Eixo is a network of cultural producers and artists from parts of Brazil outside Rio and Sao Paulo. These two cities are known as the cultural and economical “axis” concentrating the funds, spaces and media interest of the country –… Continue reading
P2P Person of the Day: Shai Reshef On Educating The World
Source: David D. Burstein – Fast Company Entrepreneur Shai Reshef founded University of the People in 2009. Headquartered in Pasadena, California, it is a tuition-free, online university aiming to provide a quality education to people in developing countries. The University has accepted 1,200 students from 121 countries including Vietnam, the Sudan, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Haiti…. Continue reading
On the link between community, monetization, and gifting
Excerpted from Charles Eisenstein: “Community is nearly impossible in a highly monetized society like our own. That is because community is woven from gifts, which is ultimately why poor people often have stronger communities than rich people. If you are financially independent, then you really don’t depend on your neighbors—or indeed on any specific person—for… Continue reading
Open Source Licensing Defuses Copyright Law’s Threat to Medicine
Source: Steve Tokar – UCSF Enforcing copyright law could potentially interfere with patient care, stifle innovation and discourage research, but using open source licensing instead can prevent the problem, according to a physician – who practices both at the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco VA Medical Center – and a legal… Continue reading
P2P Book of the Day: Jeff Vail’s Theory of Power
We recommend a look at this p2p classic: A Theory of Power. Jeff Vail. 2004 This is an examination of rhizomatic vs. hierarchical power, and how to get from the latter to the former. Summary by Dave Pollard: “Jeff Vail’s short, free online book A Theory of Power begins with a series of provocative theses:… Continue reading
P2P Video of the Day: Smári McCarthy on the Industrialization of the Internet
Talk given at the FSCONS track at the GoOpen conference in Oslo, April 2011. Presented by Smári McCarthy, based on work by Smári McCarthy and Primavera di Filippi.
How to stop SOPA? Occupy Hollywood. Here’s a plan. (#OccupyWallStreet update)
The 2012 Academy Awards are at the Kodak Theater on February 26, 2012. Most likely, SOPA/PIPA will not yet be law. This is a huge opportunity — and it doesn’t require a lot of people. In fact, a handful of buses (realizing it’s a long drive) from SF would do it. Do what, exactly? Occupy… Continue reading
P2P Movement of the Day: A Model Community Bill of Rights Template for #OccupyWallStreet Communities
This proposal first appeared in the Future of Occupy blog. See the commentary and recommendation by Tom Atlee below the text. Introduction by Jeff Reifman, Envision Seattle and Thomas Linzey, Esq.L What is this document? “We’re offering the model Community Bill of Rights template below for Occupy communities that wish to begin mobilized initiative campaigns… Continue reading
Descent into darkness, the assault against internet and civil rights
Source: Falkvinge As I watch the legislative abominations named SOPA, PIPA, and NDAA follow the lead of the DMCA and the Patriot Act in the United States, I realize that the worst possible scenario for civil liberties appears to actually be materializing. The internal talk within the Swedish Pirate Party has long been that it’s… Continue reading
P2P Video of the Day: The coming war on general computation – Cory Doctorow @ #28C3
Cory Doctorow speaking at the 28th Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin: The last 20 years of Internet policy have been dominated by the copyright war, but the war turns out only to have been a skirmish. The coming century will be dominated by war against the general purpose computer, and the stakes are the freedom,… Continue reading
P2P Video of the Day: John Thackara on Post-Meltdown Design for Resilience
Rob Huisman managing director of the BNO, talks to design thinker- and writer John Thackara on his keynote lecture: ‘Driving safely in the dark: Opportunities for design as the crisis unfolds’. What does the future look like and how will the world, our lives and design change? BNO interview: John Thackara from Bureau Aardewerk on… Continue reading
An analysis of the current moment an how it differs from previous crises
Excerpted from William Robinson: “First, this crisis shares a number of aspects with earlier structural crises of the 1930s and the 1970s, but there are also several features unique to the present: The system is fast reaching the ecological limits of its reproduction. We face the real spectre of resource depletion and environmental catastrophes that… Continue reading