Life in a Network for Survivors (Part 1)

Life in a Network for Survivors: The Thermonuclear Apocalypse and the Protocols of Freedom A text on the impact of Cold War era apocalyptic fantasy today. A search for the missing ideological history of internet protocols. An essay by P2P foundation’s Nicolás Mendoza (site), presented this week in four daily parts. The final version of… Continue reading

Revolutionary Flows of Value in the Macroeconomy

Source: Dmytri Kleiner “In continuation from the last two essays looking at the macroeconomics  of class struggle (#1)  (#2) we will try to describe the process of revolution within the framework as developed so far. The old acrimonious accusations between so-called “Reformist” and so-called “Revolutionary” positions are counter productive. The reformist strives to improve certain conditions… Continue reading

Hacking the Planet through the new Eco-Digital Commons

Republished from David Bollier: “”When thinking about the commons, most people make a sharp division in their minds between natural resource commons (for water, air, land, forests, wildlife, etc.) and digital commons (free software, Wikipedia, Creative Commons-licensed content, social networking, etc.) It is assumed that these two universes are entirely separate and distinct, and have… Continue reading

Towards the good ‘global society’

This text is excerpted from: • Essay: The Commons and World Governance. TOWARD A GLOBAL SOCIAL CONTRACT. Arnaud Blin and Gustavo Marín. Forum for a New World Governance. April 2012 (draft version) Arnaud Blin and Gustavo Marín: “Today, the essential question of political philosophy is not just concerned with how to create a “good society”… Continue reading

P2P, Nanotechnology and Piezotronics

A note from Layne Hartsell of the Seoul Study Group: “Piezotronics is a field of nanotechnology using various crystals with non-central symmetry alignments called wurtzite crystals, to produce electrical charges or ‘piezoelectric effect.’ Some examples of wurtzite crytals are ZnO, GaN InN and ZnS. In application, new piezo materials can harvest ambient and minute energies… Continue reading

P2P Culture as a post-capitalist framework

Republished from Poor Richard: “”P2P culture is the post-capitalist framework that makes the most sense to me. It includes but transcends capitalism; and encompasses many hybrids of open and closed, public and private, hierarchical and egalitarian associations. P2P emphasizes cooperation, openness, fairness, transparency, information symmetry, sustainability, accountability, and innovation motivated by the full range of… Continue reading

The Power of networks

republished via Experiencia: “In this new RSA Animate, Manuel Lima, senior UX design lead at Microsoft Bing, explores the power of network visualisation to help navigate our complex modern world: Network visualization has experienced a meteoric rise in the last decade, bringing together people from various fields and capturing the interest of individuals across the… Continue reading

Revisioning the sanctity of property

The following is excerpted from the essay: • Essay: The Commons and World Governance. TOWARD A GLOBAL SOCIAL CONTRACT. Arnaud Blin and Gustavo Marín. Forum for a New World Governance. April 2012 (draft version) Arnaud Blin and Gustavo Marín: “Another central element to both democracy and capitalism has contributed to the atomization of societies: the… Continue reading

Why China may not be ‘capitalist’: the Role of the State in Chinese Economic Development

* Essay: The Chinese Economic Miracle – A Triumph for Capitalism or the Planned Economy? By Jonathan Clyne. Please request the full document, which exists in both abridged and full-length version, from author Jonathan Clyde via [email protected] More generous excerpts are here. The Key Thesis of Jonathan Clyne is the following: “A transitional economy is… Continue reading