Date archives "February 2012"

Person of the Day: David de Ugarte

In this interview, Shareable publisher Neal Gorenflo, John Robb of Global Guerrillas, and P2P foundation’s Michel Bauwens talk to David de Ugarte, one of the originators of the Spanish cyberpunk scene about his more recent work forming an multinational worker cooperative, Las Indias, that is a culmination of his community’s dialog for the last decade… Continue reading

Towards a New Participatory Citizen Science Contract for Science Data Mining and Biobanking

Mainstream research should invite forms of participation that treat donors as citizens committed to achieving a public good, not as repositories of informatic gold, ripe for mining. Thanks to continually evolving network technology, participants could easily remain connected to research, electing personalized privacy protections or providing additional study-specific data upon the researchers’ request via flexible… Continue reading

Project of the Day: Coliibri

Develop and grow creative or innovative ideas with others and share them to the global Commons with Coliibri.com. Coliibri is build from 100% community-sourced content, allowing authors to rally around creating unique works in a fun, collaborative atmosphere. Coliibri removes many of the traditional boundaries that limit innovation. You can collaborate on any idea with… Continue reading

The historic convergence of #OccupyWallStreet and the Commons started at the Making Worlds conference

Like the Occupy protests last year, this gathering did not focus on what government might do for the American people. That is considered a lost cause for now, or at least, a secondary focal point. It is clear that the market/state duopoly is so entrenched and collusive that “working within the system” will yield only… Continue reading

The simplification and decentralization of complex societies in the context of a global uprising scenario

“Thousands of human cultures have flourished throughout the human past, but there have been only about 24 civilizations. And all (except our current global industrial civilization—so far) have collapsed. … During such times societies typically see sharply declining population levels, and the survivors experience severe hardship. Elites lose their grip on power. Domestic revolutions and… Continue reading

Christopher Turner: Peer Review is open to Fraud

Summarized from http://www.convergence-cpt.com/FraudPeerReview.html. The writer is the author of the book Convergence at http://www.convergence-cpt.com/index.html Scientific fraud and career development Fraud, by whatever means, can give an individual a huge advantage over those playing by the rules. Whereas the more blatant forms of fraud (such as data fabrication) can cause considerable harm, the more subtle forms… Continue reading

Occupy Wall Street and the Peer-to-Peer Revolution: a discussion with Michel Bauwens Part II

Source: Action Foresight This is part II of Occupy Wall Street and the Peer-to-Peer Revolution, a discussion with Michel Bauwens, founder of the The Foundation for P2P Alternatives. How does Occupy Wall Street prefigure wider changes? Bauwens talks about the failings of the current system: artificial scarcity and ecological crisis. Peer production prefigures a way of life which is… Continue reading

Project of the Day: Digital Citizens Basics

Project page: http://mfioretti.com/online-course-digital-citizens-basics Today, our rights and the overall quality of our life heavily depend on how software is used around us. This is true also for people (including children) who don’t care much about computers, or don’t even have one. For this reason, starting in April 2011 I will teach online the same things… Continue reading

The Decentralized Provisioning of the Basic Necessities as the Fight of the Century

“The decentralized provision of basic necessities is not likely to flow from a utopian vision of a perfect or even improved society (as have some social movements of the past). It will emerge instead from iterative human responses to a daunting and worsening set of environmental and economic problems, and it will in many instances… Continue reading

The 40th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy

Friday September 21 to Sunday September 23, 2012. Hosted by George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA TPRC is an annual conference on communication, information and internet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinary researchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. Its purpose is to present original research relevant to policy making,… Continue reading