Excerpted from Las Indias: “Internet itself seems to have fueled Esperanto as idealistic Zamenhof’s pacifism couldn’t imagine. Today the big global associations of the Esperanto world are in crisis, as almost all decentralized structures are. They surely are too XXth century for this time of distributed communications and P2P communities. But the social fabric of… Continue reading
The Emancipatory Tradition in Futures Studies
The following monograph examines two such projects, those of Richard Slaughter and Sohail Inayatullah, and their respective contributions to critical futures studies. And while they represent the work of only two in the rich emancipatory tradition in futures, their contributions are particularly important. * Article: From Critique to Cultural Recovery: Critical futures studies and Causal… Continue reading
The flourishing of time banks and alternative exchanges in post-crisis southern Europe
There are now more than 325 time banks and alternative currency systems in Spain involving tens of thousands of citizens. The projects represent one of the largest experiments in “social money” in modern times. Mostly excerpted from the Washington Post (via): “At a time when the future of the euro is in doubt and millions… Continue reading
The space of value, or the role of value in space: a physical basis for religious awe?
Øyvind Holmstad has added two interesting comments to some of our previous articles. First, he introduces the idea of a struggle between two world systems, then goes on quoting Christopher Alexander on the importance of recognizing the values of life/spirit/value, instead of the mechanical, instrumental conception of the universe. Øyvind Holmstad: 1. “The architecture of… Continue reading
Lisa Gansky on the 3 factors that took friction out of sharing
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Towards The Partner State Model of Civic Commons Governance
A reprint of an earlier editorial: “Can we learn something about the politics of the new mode of value creation, something that would be useful not just for particular communities, but to society in general? Is there perhaps a new model of power and democracy co-evolving out of these new social practices, which may be… Continue reading
Some signs of progress in humanity’s history
In this excerpt from Hazel Henderson, she points to the overall fall in the level of violence, and to the progress of our ‘mass learning’ capacity. (source: This essay has been excerpted as a chapter in WorldShift 2020: The New Vision – Exploring the Evolving Horizons; section ‘From Vision To Reality: Contributions From The Worldshifting… Continue reading
Despite the Apple verdict, for Samsung, copying was the right decision
Excerpted from Farhad Manjoo: “It’s tempting, after such a sweeping verdict in Apple’s favor, to conclude that Samsung’s decision to mimic the iPhone was a terrible mistake. The firm will now be on the hook for at least $1 billion in damages, and the judge could triple that amount. Samsung will likely face sales injunctions… Continue reading
The Organization of United Phyles: a post-Westphalian proposal by Las Indias and the P2P Foundation
Republished from Las Indias (Indjana Kooperativa Grupo): “Worldwide, a growing number of transnational communities is appearing. Some of them tend towards, pursue, or already have a shared economy around diverse commons. They are phyles, and every day, more and more people see them as the alternative to combat crisis, experience social innovation, and live out… Continue reading
Tom Murphy on the Energy Trap
John La Grou introduces this very important video:: “Tom Murphy is a physics professor at University of California, San Diego. His recent talk at the Compass Summit beautifully describes our #1 global issue moving forward — the energy trap. I think his term “energy trap” is better than “peak oil” for describing the volatile economic… Continue reading