Comments on: Dutch P2P Foundation offline dinner in Amsterdam

By: Bas Reus

Bas Reus — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:09:08 +0000

Belief is maybe somewhat strongly put, but we all find ourselves thinking in similar ways. And it seams that more people along the way think alike, albeit from different perspectives and backgrounds. That makes discussions more interesting.

By: james

james — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:13:12 +0000

I enjoyed the fact that Martien brought his whole family. Unexpected! He happily interrogated us and this led to an interesting discussion.

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:47:13 +0000

Hi Bas, this is of course great news and music to my ears. Of course, I would rather de-personalize it (though I’m of course quite happy with my own work on that topic) and you make it sound like a belief. However, in some ways, as an advocacy project, it does rely on some type, not of belief, as it is based on open research procedures and always open for discussion, but on ‘faith’, i.e. on a profound conviction that if we set up our minds and efforts to our goals, we can achieve human progress and emancipation. In this sense, it certainly goes against the contemporary forms of cynicism that are so popular amongst academics,

Michel