Peercoin is a cryptocurrency inspired by Bitcoin and built on the same concept, but with some important differences. According to a Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peercoin Peercoin is less wasteful than Bitcoin in its energy usage, to calculate and agree on who transacted what with whom. Bitcoin is based on the “proof of work” principle, which means… Continue reading
New Garden Cities will inspire co-operative communities
Via Pat Conaty: The report’s PDF version is at this link: http://www.uk.coop/commonssense “New garden cities are needed to tackle the UK’s housing crisis, create sustainable communities and help young people get on the housing ladder, a new report, ‘Commons Sense’ from Co-operatives UK argues. With 1.7m people waiting for social housing and half a million… Continue reading
Why the Mode of Production Needs to Preceed the Revolution
The following is precisely the same as the key argument of P2P Theory, but I add an important corrollary, that the emergent proto-mode of peer production is the missing piece in the phase transition process. The authors below are still looking for it. Excerpted from Gavin Mendel-Gleason and James O’Brien: ” The political aim of… Continue reading
Working on a definition of the sharing economy
Video from the recent fourth Ouishare Summit in Brussels. How can we define the sharing economy:
(Greek) Project of the day: Social kitchens and food distribution
Greece might have seriously been criticised for a lack of competiveness and a market that does not catalyse innovation; however, the country is arguably a “social innovation paradise”. The Social Kitchens is one more example of this “social innovation paradise” neoliberals have inadvertently succeeded in creating. According to the Greek project “Solidarity for All“: “In the… Continue reading
Civil Society Tactics to Cultivate Commons and Construct Food Sovereignty in the United States
* Paper: Occupy the Farm: A Study of Civil Society Tactics to Cultivate Commons and Construct Food Sovereignty in the United States. Antonio Roman-Alcalá. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE YALE UNIVERSITY, SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2013. Food Sovereignty: A Critical Dialogue. Conference Paper #75 URL = http://www.yale.edu/agrarianstudies/foodsovereignty/pprs/75_Roman_Alcala_2013.pdf [edit]Abstract “Using the case study of the 2012 illegal occupation of farmland owned… Continue reading
What do we need to achieve Internet Justice ?
Excerpted from Michael Gurstein: “We are all now citizens of an Internet-enabled world whether we are “users” or not. And as citizens of an Internet-enabled world we have interests and perspectives on how the Internet is deployed and managed now and well into the future; and those need to be expressed and articulated as demands… Continue reading
Humberto Maturana on Peer Relationality
Recommended by Daryl Taylor: An interview with Humberto Maturana, biologist and philosopher. August 21, 2009, conducted by Ward Mailliard Watch the video here:
(Greek) Project of the day: Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network
Greece might have seriously been criticised for a lack of competiveness and a market that does not catalyse innovation; however, the country is arguably a “social innovation paradise”. The Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) is one more example of this “social innovation paradise” neoliberals have inadvertently succeeded in creating. Started in 2002 in Athens, Greece,… Continue reading
C-Realm Podcast – Ephemeralization and Freedom
Last weeks C-Realm podcast features an interview with Kevin Carson, following up on themes of ephemeralization and freedom which Carson has recently written on. KMO welcomes Kevin A. Carson, “free market anti-capitalist” and the author of The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto to the C-Realm to talk about economics, technology, natural and artificial property… Continue reading