The Extraenviromentalist – P2P Foundation https://blog.p2pfoundation.net Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sat, 25 Feb 2017 11:40:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 62076519 Economy of Things https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/economy-of-things/2017/02/27 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/economy-of-things/2017/02/27#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=64052 Though we often think the modern culture of consumerism is an export from United States and a product of capitalism, people long before today’s era were enjoying the benefit of soft shoes, beautiful cloth and exceptional goods. Acquisition has been an important part of community and identity, essential to societies even though only recently so... Continue reading →

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]]> Though we often think the modern culture of consumerism is an export from United States and a product of capitalism, people long before today’s era were enjoying the benefit of soft shoes, beautiful cloth and exceptional goods. Acquisition has been an important part of community and identity, essential to societies even though only recently so many people have been part of a middle class, capable of affording the mass consumption of today’s world. What insights can we glean from the history of consumption and economic thought for what it means to be human?

In Extraenvironmentalist #95 we first speak with Professor Frank Trentmann about his new book Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First. We hear from Frank about how we’ve come to live with so much stuff. Then, we talk to Professor Laurence Malone about his work and teaching on Adam Smith and in editing the Essential Adam Smith. Dr. Malone helps us understand the real meaning of the invisible hand.

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/economy-of-things/2017/02/27/feed 0 64052 Rocking the Google Bus https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/rocking-the-google-bus/2016/11/15 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/rocking-the-google-bus/2016/11/15#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:30:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=61380 Companies like Twitter can make billions of dollars in revenue while providing a widely used service and still be considered a financial failure. Though today’s digital technologies provide new innovations that reorganize daily life, can the digital economy expand forever? Will our most promising tech ever reach its potential in an economy pushing for growth... Continue reading →

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]]> Companies like Twitter can make billions of dollars in revenue while providing a widely used service and still be considered a financial failure. Though today’s digital technologies provide new innovations that reorganize daily life, can the digital economy expand forever? Will our most promising tech ever reach its potential in an economy pushing for growth at all costs?

In Extraenvironmentalist #94 we first speak with Douglas Rushkoff about his new book, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity. Douglas discusses drivers of recent tech businesses and how relentless financial incentives are undermining their possible value to society. Then we speak with Jennifer Hinton about the possibility of a not-for-profit model for business and technology described in her forthcoming book How On Earth: Flourishing in a Not-For-Profit World by 2050.

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Books

Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus by Douglas Rushkoff
How On Earth: Flourishing in a Not-For-Profit World by 2050 by Jennifer Hinton and Donnie Maclurcan

Clips (in order of appearance)

How private tech industry buses became a symbol of the economic divide in San Francisco
Exponential Technology

Music (in order of appearance)

Overjoy – Another via Soundcloud
Rufus Du Sol – Innerbloom (Lane 8 Remix) via We Got This Covered

Production Credits and Notes

Our editor Kevin via Sustainable Guidance Youtube Channel

Episode #94 was supported by donations from the following generous listeners:

Ian in Australia
Kyle in Colorado
Ben in Colorado

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/rocking-the-google-bus/2016/11/15/feed 0 61380 Climate Agreements https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/climate-agreements/2016/10/06 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/climate-agreements/2016/10/06#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:00:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=60342 After years of mediocre negotiations on an international agreement to limit future climate change, it is easy to be cynical about the viability of a global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. What do these large conferences really mean for the future of the planet? Our correspondent reports back from the December 2015 COP21 meeting... Continue reading →

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]]> After years of mediocre negotiations on an international agreement to limit future climate change, it is easy to be cynical about the viability of a global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. What do these large conferences really mean for the future of the planet? Our correspondent reports back from the December 2015 COP21 meeting in Paris to discuss the context and the content of large-scale climate negotiations.

In Extraenvironmentalist #93 we speak with Mark Dixon to discuss his take on the COP21 Paris climate conference. We hear interviews Mark recorded at the meeting, including one with climate scientist Kevin Anderson on the problem with ambitious projections of carbon capture technology. We also discuss Mark’s conversations with the attendees who voiced their perspectives on the future of the planet’s climate.

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/climate-agreements/2016/10/06/feed 0 60342 Are we Reaching an Age of Stagnation? https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/reaching-age-stagnation/2016/06/18 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/reaching-age-stagnation/2016/06/18#respond Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:12:29 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=57129 The common political conversation about our shared economic future focuses on achieving an escape velocity where the post-war growth boom can return as usual. While years of lackluster economic performance mount, a rapidly growing global economy is still discussed like it is readily just over the horizon. Can the factors creating a slower growth world... Continue reading →

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]]> The common political conversation about our shared economic future focuses on achieving an escape velocity where the post-war growth boom can return as usual. While years of lackluster economic performance mount, a rapidly growing global economy is still discussed like it is readily just over the horizon. Can the factors creating a slower growth world find open discussion in time to avoid severe social strife? Is the drive for passive income in an age of stagnation placing the global economy in permanent peril and creating a context for social strife?

In Extraenvironmentalist #91 we first speak with Satyajit Das about his new book The Age of Stagnation: Why Perpetual Growth is Unattainable and the Global Economy is in Peril which questions the assumption that never ending economic growth is possible, or desirable. Das questions the ability of political leaders to enact the tough structural changes needed to avoid social chaos in a low growth world. Then, in the second half of our show we speak with Michael Hudson about his book Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy. Hudson describes how debt deflation is imposing austerity on the U.S. and European economies, siphoning wealth and income upward to the financial sector while impoverishing the middle class.

Note: Partial transcripts of our interviews in this episode are forthcoming in the next few weeks

Cross-posted from The Extraenviromentalist

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/reaching-age-stagnation/2016/06/18/feed 0 57129 Decrypting Cryptocurrency https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/decrypting-cryptocurrency/2016/06/08 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/decrypting-cryptocurrency/2016/06/08#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=56743 Digital communication technologies hold the possibility of re-orienting the way we exchange value and think about money. Do digital currencies like Bitcoin have the ability to change the global economic order? Can machine learning, automation, and cryptocurrencies unleash exponential innovations that unseat the financial institutions at the top of the monetary pyramid? In Extraenvironmentalist #92 we first... Continue reading →

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]]> Digital communication technologies hold the possibility of re-orienting the way we exchange value and think about money. Do digital currencies like Bitcoin have the ability to change the global economic order? Can machine learning, automation, and cryptocurrencies unleash exponential innovations that unseat the financial institutions at the top of the monetary pyramid?

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In Extraenvironmentalist #92 we first speak with Paul Vigna about his new book The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order to discuss how the Bitcoin currency and the blockchain distributed ledger system are laying the groundwork for alternatives to today’s monetary system. Then, we talk about the potential influence of exponential technologies on education, learning and other areas of the economy with Jim Jubelirer.

// Books

The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order by Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey

//Clips (in order of appearance)

Full Story: on Bitcoin
Bitcoin vs. Banks
This Money’s so Safe, You’ll Never Touch It

// Music (in order of appearance)

Postiljonen – Supreme (Niva Remix) via Soundcloud
Future Elevators – Modern World via The Planet of Sound
Rodriguez – Hate Street Dialogue (GingerAle Remix) via IndieShuffle

// Production Credits and Notes

Our editor Kevin via Sustainable Guidance Youtube Channel

Episode #92 was supported by donations from the following generous listeners:

Kathryn in Washington
Erin in Vermont
Robert in Kansas
Lee in Arizona

Cross-posted from the Extraenviromentalist.com

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]]> https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/decrypting-cryptocurrency/2016/06/08/feed 1 56743 The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-joy-of-missing-out-finding-balance-in-a-wired-world/2016/05/31 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-joy-of-missing-out-finding-balance-in-a-wired-world/2016/05/31#respond Tue, 31 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=56760 In our highly connected world of cell phones, ever expanding inboxes and regular social media updates, it is easy to be constantly immersed in the rich and dynamic worlds created by our technologies. While the internet gives us so much, it also changes our social relationships and mental environment in many subtle ways that can... Continue reading →

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]]> In our highly connected world of cell phones, ever expanding inboxes and regular social media updates, it is easy to be constantly immersed in the rich and dynamic worlds created by our technologies. While the internet gives us so much, it also changes our social relationships and mental environment in many subtle ways that can be challenging for brains that aren’t too different from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Can we develop a healthy relationship with modern digital technologies by thinking about what it really means to be human?

In Extraenvironmentalist #90 we talk with Christina Crook about The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World, her book on developing intentional and deliberate relationships with today’s communication technologies. Then, we speak with Andrew Zenn about his experience at a digital detox camp, where people choose to experience a technology fast for encountering new dynamics of relating and conversing.

// Books

The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World by Christina Crook

//Clips (in order of appearance)

Is the internet really ruining your attention span
What the internet is doing to our brains
How social media is rewiring our brains

// Music (in order of appearance)

Easy Star All-Stars feat. Kirsty Rock – Paranoid Android (Reggae Cover) via Soundcloud
Jim James – State Of The Art (Macando Remix) via Soundcloud
SOAK – “Digital Witness” (St. Vincent Cover) via Stereogum
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
Tomas Barfod – Used to be (feat. Nina K) via Soundcloud

// Production Credits and Notes

Our editor Kevin via Sustainable Guidance Youtube Channel

Episode #90 was supported by donations from the following generous listeners:

Björn in Sweden
Andreas in Denmark
Carla in Quebec
Christopher in New York

Cross-posted from The Extraenviromentalist.com

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