We present the two first hypotheses presented by Jorge Ferrer in this interesting conversation: * Article/Interview: : Rethinking the Future of World Religion: A Conversation with Jorge N. Ferrer. Integral Review. July 2012, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 22+ . Fron the Introduction by Bahman A.K. Shirazi: “When it comes to religious consciousness, the turn… Continue reading
Date archives "August 2012"
Rethinking Common vs. Private Property (3): common myths about private property
Excerpted from: * Article: Rethinking Common vs. Private Property. By David Ellerman David Ellerman writes, , on The fundamental brain-washing myth about private property: * The medieval origins of the fundamental myth The fundamental myth, accepted by both the Right and Left, is that the current economic system is founded on the “private ownership of… Continue reading
Charlene Spretnak’s book on our Relational Reality
* Book: Spretnak, C. Relational Reality: New discoveries of Interrelatedness That Are Transforming the Modern World Topsham: Green Horizon Books, 2011 Here is the publisher’s summary: “Ms. Spretnak’s eighth book, Relational Reality: New Discoveries of Interrelatedness That Are Transforming the Modern World was published in 2011. Noting that our hypermodern societies, currently possess only a… Continue reading
David Harvey and Richard Wolff on the Contemporary Crisis
Interesting conversation with host Charlie Rose. It’s rare to see critics of this caliber on mainstream television:
Ten Years of Las Indias
The pioneering p2p group will reach 10 years this October. Excerpted from David de Ugarte: “October second of this year will be the tenth anniversary of the Sociedad de las Indias Electrónicas, the founding business of the Grupo Cooperativo de las Indias. Even though it only had three members back then — Natalia Fernández, Juan… Continue reading
The escalation of the piracy wars when sharing culture moves to the cloud
In the arcade version of Whac-A-Mole, the game eventually ends — often when the player loses. In the piracy arms-race version, there doesn’t seem to be a conclusion. Sooner or later, the people who still believe they can hit the moles with their slow mallets might realize that their time would be better spent playing… Continue reading
The Forbidden Education: documentary on alternatives
Our P2P Foundation partner in Argentina, Franco Iacomella, has collaborated to this important documentary which reviews the whole field of alternative education. The YouTube version rapidly gained half a million viewers and is still climbing. Watch the trailer here: Here’s the summary: “The Forbidden Education (original title “La Educación Prohibida”) is an independent documentary released… Continue reading
John Robb Interview by Kevin Carson
[This is an interview I originally did with John Robb of Global Guerrillas blog in September of last year for another publication, which was never published] I’ve long been an avid reader of your work, and consider you the most provocative analyst out there when it comes to the ongoing war between networks and hierarchies… Continue reading
Is the reputation economy maturing into real economic value?
Rachel Botsman has written an excellent overview for the September issue of Wired UK. It’s worth reading in full. The P2P Foundation wiki keeps extensive documentation on the emerging field of P2P Metrics and Accounting, here. Excerpted from Rachel Botsman: “”Welcome to the reputation economy, where your online history becomes more powerful than your credit… Continue reading
A response to the arguments against open source innovation
Excerpted from Thomas Bjelkeman: (the arguments he’s responding to are in blockquotes) ‘Open-source doesn’t offer constant innovation, lowered costs and collaboration? “The biggest open-source projects of them all is the internet itself. (The internet is without doubt also the most complex interconnected “machine” humans have ever created.) It runs on open standards and protocols and… Continue reading
Rethinking Common vs. Private Property (2): Market Responsibility vs. Corporate Irresponsibility
Excerpted from: * Article: Rethinking Common vs. Private Property. By David Ellerman. David Ellerman writes, on Wall Street capitalism as institutionalized irresponsibility The market principle of responsibility “In the 20th century capitalism-socialism debate, it was always emphasized that markets embody a certain feedback loop between beneficial actions and rewards as well as between damaging actions… Continue reading
Howard Rheingold on managing your attention through meta-cognition
Nice Prezi by mind-master Howard Rheingold … spot the gorilla! See: Copy of Attention on Prezi
DRM-free books in a bundle
The success of DRM-free bundles has been a powerful counterargument to the claim that Digital Restrictions Management is necessary for sustainable digital publishing. These bundles are forming around music and literature, and really showcase being DRM-free as a major selling point. Now, the Big Bang Bundle by StoryBundle has launched, and the Humble Music Bundle… Continue reading
How Bitcoin will enable a low-overhead p2p economy
Bitcoin’s importance can’t be exaggerated. Encrypted currency has been at the Altair stage of development. If Bitcoin isn’t actually the Apple II – and it may not be – we’re very close to it. If Bitcoin isn’t the Messiah of the darknet economy, at the very least it’s John the Baptist preaching its immanent arrival…. Continue reading
Why tweeting your lunch may have more meaning than you think
Short but interesting conversation with Amber Case, a “cyborg anthropologist” studying how technology is affecting us, and how we in turn affect one another. She ends the conversation with the thesis: “Tweeting your lunch can have meaning.” Find out why in this video:
Desert manufacturing with 3D printers that runs on sun and sand
Brian Nitz: “Markus Kayser .. designed and build a machine called a Solar Sinter. This machine uses photovoltaic panels to power a computer and the electromechanical workings of a 3D printer. The print head holds a lens which concentrates sunlight from a larger Fresnel lens onto a tray of sand. This focused beam reaches temperatures… Continue reading