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zeitgeist, what to watch
by Michel Bauwens 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

Robin there is now so much out there, as well as a seeming copryright claim that the original may have disappeared, that I no longer know where to start, I'd like to go to the whole series from the beginning onwards, can you make a recommendation, or anyone else on this list, Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

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Re: [P2P-F] Bitcoin donation
by Cyclonite 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Hi Guys, I think there is some kind of misunderstanding here, you do not need to manually generate any kind of public/private keys as with OpenPGP. You can even sign up in a website as mybitcoin.com and start making or receiving donations. In my opinion the best available info for beginners is http://bitcoinme.com. Please take a look and you will get your doubts clear. Best regards, Cyclonite. -- Secure Email contact: https://privacybox.de/cyclonite.msg Bitcoin donations jar: 16FVZweaaJLvhAy91oDugqaf84kXiDJ9PG -------- Original Message -------- From: Samuel Rose <samuel.rose(a)gmail.com> To: james burke <lifesized(a)gmail.com> Cc: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>, cyclonite(a)safe-mail.net, p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, Sepp Hasslberger <sepp(a)lastrega.com>, Georg Pleger <g.pleger(a)yahoo.de> Subject: Re: Bitcoin donation Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:30:23 -0500 > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:54 AM, james burke <lifesized(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Michel, > > Yes, I do have a public key, but yet again, > > another nice idea with terrible interaction design and userbility > > - most people have no clue about public private keys, so this keeps it a > > geek thing > > I agree, although as far as I can see, the application at least takes > care of this for the user. Still, your point is valid in that some > people may not understand what is happening. > > > Most of the users of bitcoin now are early adopters, however. So, if > p2pf did support donation via bitcoin, it would be joining an ecology > of early adopters, and would likely only receive donation from those > early adopters. > > > - the actual app upon launch is unclear. Where to click, what to do,gah! > > > > I can't really support this even if it is a p2p solution. > > James > > > > Seems reasonable. If p2pf changes it's mind, I'm willing to > participate in any experiments with bitcoin > > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> James, > >> > >> do you have a public key? > >> > >> Michel > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose(a)gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> This is a p2p application, so we would need to post your's or James's > >>> public key, and people who want to donate bitcoins would need then > >>> send you the bitcoins by downloading the bitcoin application and > >>> sending it to you > >>> > >>> quote: > >>> > >>> "Bitcoin utilizes public/private key digital signatures (ECDSA). A > >>> coin has its owner's public key on it. When a coin is transferred from > >>> user A to user B, A adds B’s public key to the coin and signs it with > >>> his own private key. Now B owns the coin and can transfer it further. > >>> To prevent A from transferring the already used coin to another user > >>> C, a public list of all the previous transactions is collectively > >>> maintained by the network of Bitcoin nodes, and before each > >>> transaction the coin’s unusedness will be checked." > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Michel Bauwens > >>> <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > Sam, can you help us install it on the wiki and blog? > >>> > > >>> > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose(a)gmail.com> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> I've downloaded and installed and am game to try with p2pf network > >>> >> folks. > >>> >> > >>> >> This could actually be really useful for lots of local economy efforts > >>> >> too. > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Michel Bauwens > >>> >> <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> > >>> >> wrote: > >>> >> > Dear, > >>> >> > > >>> >> > thanks a lot for this email, > >>> >> > > >>> >> > it seems that it is worthwhile for us to experiment with this, but I > >>> >> > will > >>> >> > forward this to James Burke for possible implementation > >>> >> > > >>> >> > James, I think we should do this, what do you think? > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Michel > >>> >> > > >>> >> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:42 PM, <cyclonite(a)safe-mail.net> wrote: > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>> >> >> Hash: SHA1 > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> Dear friends, > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> I have been looking in your site for any reference to Bitcoin for > >>> >> >> making a > >>> >> >> small donation. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> As you probably know, Bitcoin (bitcoin.org) is a new kind > >>> >> >> of a > >>> >> >> P2P > >>> >> >> crypto-currency in which the general public can make donations, > >>> >> >> macro > >>> >> >> or > >>> >> >> micropayments in a secure and anonymous way usually > >>> >> >> without > >>> >> >> any > >>> >> >> transaction fee involved. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> You can change Bitcoins for real money (eg: https://mtgox.com) or > >>> >> >> purchase > >>> >> >> services or goods in an increasing number of sites. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> In order to receive donations you only have to publish one > >>> >> >> of > >>> >> >> your > >>> >> >> accounts as generated by the bitcoin client or any specialized > >>> >> >> bitcoin > >>> >> >> trader (eg: mybitcoin.com) > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> Currently some projects as www.i2p2.de, > >>> >> >> www.torrentservers.net > >>> >> >> and > >>> >> >> organizations like the EFF are accepting donations. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> In my opinion this kind of decentralized solution without the > >>> >> >> need > >>> >> >> to > >>> >> >> trust any middlemen is much better than Paypal, Visa or > >>> >> >> Mastercard > >>> >> >> for > >>> >> >> security-minded people as most of your donors are. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> If you are interested in pushing Bitcoin forward, do not > >>> >> >> hesitate > >>> >> >> to > >>> >> >> contact me if you have any doubt. > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> Yours, > >>> >> >> Cyclonite > >>> >> >> __ > >>> >> >> OpenPGP Email: https://privacybox.de/cyclonite.msg > >>> >> >> bitcoin donations: 16FVZweaaJLvhAy91oDugqaf84kXiDJ9PG > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNKlVFAAoJEL/jfnFwT5SQ5boP/jCyIMBs4PoIT/+ztLgkzmlV > >>> >> >> cEqjhJ0dDFqj/yIPzf1Yy3yaOKukaiTncFjqpgIkVvKD3mdRy0H00smQSR6V8+7u > >>> >> >> mAtNmp2KLSQgbuwNqh/BI2qFZYnc0ZR5bpwExzCMDkfbiMiKap4Aanh6O87FS5Jj > >>> >> >> B6Mlbp9r0BegyInlY1vF9g2fqLN1dt22YzH+fwSxoCt1R7/T6nNNc3TIEreWH464 > >>> >> >> pPIBfKKPupAHD6u5A8snDp4LddPuyeuFVdxVWRxSqB7WIZz47mqYWNI74vGUVT2z > >>> >> >> 0tGlIY+zf3Pov32FEJrI/VlSfRdtIENaoVzWXMvoaH5eVVUD/iVH0lqVrdVMqtJD > >>> >> >> ZigS/0dHEwGk32dJ/WJ6veRfKRznS6rePN7oxMeY62AuKUdSNJbtwo6WPApXQJwF > >>> >> >> aF54XrOaKeZYXPWO4TZLQWTOjNE8UVz7j05ilaQkwYFJ0HxuR+knciM4eDCwHv5j > >>> >> >> Buueis3OAs1+lVUAM676h6HaU5CBRYqfr4we9DvdKk9rZWcXlJpcUGykcGIVxB4a > >>> >> >> sfhx5vc+jyNCYMMWbaulVhDMlI9ReA5WIpNpEQhh5gFALrwewF1uWBLJ9EjeDkja > >>> >> >> 4DOspqg6Kregt8LKEN5ozvaA6AFdWjuJxm0HHVNoZt7dy3zET7Wr/uf4B3g6JtMd > >>> >> >> iZY0cioLj/3TVVy6llWS > >>> >> >> =50gB > >>> >> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > -- > >>> >> > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - > >>> >> > http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: > >>> >> > > >>> >> > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; > >>> >> > http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; > >>> >> > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Think tank: > >>> >> > http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> -- > >>> >> -- > >>> >> Sam Rose > >>> >> Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation > >>> >> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 > >>> >> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 > >>> >> skype: samuelrose > >>> >> email: samuel.rose(a)gmail.com > >>> >> http://forwardfound.org > >>> >> http://futureforwardinstitute.org > >>> >> http://hollymeadcapital.com > >>> >> http://p2pfoundation.net > >>> >> http://socialmediaclassroom.com > >>> >> > >>> >> "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human > >>> >> ambition." - Carl Sagan > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - > >>> > http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > >>> > > >>> > Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: > >>> > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org > >>> > > >>> > Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; > >>> > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > >>> > > >>> > Think tank: > >>> > http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> -- > >>> Sam Rose > >>> Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation > >>> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 > >>> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 > >>> skype: samuelrose > >>> email: samuel.rose(a)gmail.com > >>> http://forwardfound.org > >>> http://futureforwardinstitute.org > >>> http://hollymeadcapital.com > >>> http://p2pfoundation.net > >>> http://socialmediaclassroom.com > >>> > >>> "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human > >>> ambition." - Carl Sagan > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > >> > >> Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: > >> http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org > >> > >> Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; > >> http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > >> > >> Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Web: www.lifesized.net Phone:+31 (0)6 5244 6445 Twitter: @lifesized > > > > > > > > -- > -- > Sam Rose > Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation > Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 > Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 > skype: samuelrose > email: samuel.rose(a)gmail.com > http://forwardfound.org > http://futureforwardinstitute.org > http://hollymeadcapital.com > http://p2pfoundation.net > http://socialmediaclassroom.com > > "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human > ambition." - Carl Sagan

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Fwd: Dutch Tree Study
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Dear friends, this is an update to our article on the health impact of cellphones, I'm not sure who asked for for info about the impact on humans instead of just trees, but see below, sepp, an updated commentarty to that article would still be very welcome, for example with links to the material below. Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <morrisonbooks(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Dutch Tree Study To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Michel, Thank you so much for your effort. I found this site which looks comprehensive. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&t… also this article came out on the WEEP website Kindest REgards, David Morrison *This Is The Death Of Humanity* - part 7 Thursday, January 20, 2011 http://davidrothscum.blogspot.com/2011/01/this-is-death-of-humanity-part-7.… Who do you think you're kidding? Let's make some things clear: Cell phones cause cancer. Cell phone towers cause cancer. Cordless phones cause cancer. Blackberries cause cancer, Iphones cause cancer. Power lines cause cancer. Radio and TV towers cause cancer. Non-ionizing radiation leads to oxidative damage, which leads to indirect DNA damage, which leads to cancer. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Wireless communication is irreconcilable with organic life as we know it. In the words of Andrew Goldsworthy:<http://www.mastsanity.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Ite…>"The problem is far more serious than anyone has previously imagined. The effects on people with EHS and allergy-related conditions are bad enough in their own right but, with about half the world's population already owning a mobile phone, the resulting widespread genetic damage threatens the future of the entire human race. " But why should I bother? Everyone knows about it. Everyone knows the radiation is hurting us. Everyone except for first year physics students that is. The Telecom industry knows all too well that we have no future. Biologists know what's going on. Most people are simply uncomfortable with the thought, so they deny it. This is called cognitive dissonance. As explained by Wikipedia: Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding conflicting ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a motivational drive to reduce dissonance. They do this by changing their attitudes, beliefs, and actions. Dissonance is also reduced by justifying, blaming, and denying. It is one of the most influential and extensively studied theories in social psychology. A good example is found on Wikipedia as well: Smoking is often postulated as an example of cognitive dissonance because it is widely accepted that cigarettes can cause lung cancer, yet virtually everyone wants to live a long and healthy life. In terms of the theory, the desire to live a long life is dissonant with the activity of doing something that will most likely shorten one's life. The tension produced by these contradictory ideas can be reduced by quitting smoking, denying the evidence of lung cancer, or justifying one's smoking.[5] For example, smokers could rationalize their behavior by concluding that only a few smokers become ill, that it only happens to very heavy smokers, or that if smoking does not kill them, something else will.[6] While chemical addiction may operate in addition to cognitive dissonance for existing smokers, new smokers may exhibit a simpler case of the latter. Now for cell phones: The information is that cell phones cause brain cancer. Your desire is not to get brain cancer, but to live a long and happy life. You don't want your kids to get a brain tumor either. The rational conclusion would thus be to avoid the radiation. However, you don't want to. It takes too much effort. Also, everyone is using cell phones. This would mean that everyone is screwed, and you have no future. The thought of humanity having no future contradicts your desire to live a long and happy life. Thus, you have to reconcile these different thought patterns in your head. There are multiple ways. You could stop using cell phones and go live in a cave. But you don't want that. You could be like me, and learn to live with the fact that the next generations are going to have it worse than ours, and life expectancy will plummet. Someone will manage to put a ban on the radiation eventually, though the question is how many people will be left by then. I'm sure some people will be left, it's very hard to go from 6 billion to zero, and we still have people hiding in the rain-forests where you have no connection, but the exact number that will be left remains debatable. My way of dealing with these contradictory ideas is as following: I begrudgingly accept the fact that I will probably die at a younger age than my parents, and I accept the fact that most people are going to suffer immensely from the health consequences. There are multiple ways to attempt to reduce the damage (and I will eventually cover those here), but I remain rational, and the only way to truly prevent the problem is by turning off the cell phone towers and all the wireless devices. Until then, anything you do is little more than treating the symptoms of radiation poisoning. There are other ways to reduce the cognitive dissonance of course. You can simply deny the information. One way to deny the information is by keeping yourself willfully ignorant. Most people practice this method. You just don't read about it and just don't think about it. You try not to think at all. The fact of the matter is that thinking leads to cognitive dissonance, and cognitive dissonance is a very uncomfortable feeling (that I love to generate), so you do your best to limit your thinking to the minimum amount which is necessary for you to carry out your job. This is a time-tested method. This is passive denial, you could also actively deny the information by claiming that cell phones don't cause brain cancer at all. In that case, you're just wrong. I'm sorry, the debate is over. Everyone knows. An alternating electrical field is currently used as a brain cancer treatment. <http://www.novocuretrial.com/science.html>Why? Because the radiation kills the brain cells while they're dividing, which is when cells are most vulnerable to the radiation. Why are you questioning whether the radiation can harm cells, when it is effectively being used as a cancer treatment? Read this for yourself, the frequency is in the 100Khz-300Khz range.<http://www.virtualtrials.com/pdf/Novocure.pdf>This is low-frequency, lower even than microwave radiation. I suspect this is to allow the radiation to penetrate deeper into the brain. Regardless, the point should be clear. Non-ionizing radiation is used as a cancer treatment, because it kills the cells. What is it that makes you think that you can safely hold a radiation emitting device against your head? Even the telecom industry is laughing in your face. They know better, they are fully aware of the health impact this will have. Take a look at this patent of a Swiss Telecom company, which carries the highly original name, Swisscom.<http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2004075583&IA=CH2003000138&DISPLAY=S…>The patent explains how they have developed a new type of cordless telephone, that emits less radiation than previous ones. And what is so amazing? The fact that they mention themselves that the radiation causes cancer! The telecom industry admits in patents for their technology, that their technology causes cancer! But your government pretends there is no danger! And best of all, you swallow their lies! >From the patent: The influence of electrosmog on the human body is a known problem. The health risk from mobile radio transmitters, handys and DECT telephones has been an explosive subject among the general public at least since the enormous breakthrough in mobile radio technology in the 1990s. To meet the concerns of science from the legislative side, the permissible limit values have thus been lowered several times, and technology has been increasingly focused on this problem. The risk of damage to health through electrosmoghas also become better understood as a result of more recent and improved studies. When, for example, human blood cells are irradiated with electromagnetic fields, clear damage to hereditary material has been demonstrated and there have been indications of an increased cancer risk. When a Telecom company wants to sell their own product, they suddenly admit that the radiation is causing DNA damage! And you, the dumb gullible fool, deny there is a problem. Everyone knows, except for you. They're laughing in your face. Though, I imagine they must also suffer from guilt feelings. I wonder what method the people who sell you this garbage use to reduce the cognitive dissonance. I suspect they might simply introduce new information: "The fact that I am responsible for the death of humanity contradicts my desire not to be a mass murderer. However, the profit I make from exterminating humanity fulfills my desire to become rich". As I mentioned earlier, I like generating cognitive dissonance. So, hoping that some Telecom-gangsters will read this far, I will leave them with the words of Bob Dylan: Let me ask you one question: Is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness? Do you think that it could? I think you will find, when your death takes its toll, all the money you made will never buy back your soul. Telecom-gangsters, please be aware that leaking memos of your mob-bosses to the internet (no need to use Wikileaks for that, Julian Assange will just put them somewhere in his giant insurance file which he uses to keep himself from getting killed), quitting your job, going public by warning people about the danger, or simply giving away ALL the dirty money you earned to the poor (and keeping your mouth shut about it, no bragging) will do a lot to clean the karma stains from your soul. Get the dirty money out of your life, now. It is the first step towards self improvement. You know it's wrong for you to make money by selling stuff that hurts people. Here's a little secret: You will feel more alive when you get the money out of your life. You just became a little wiser, and with wisdom comes peace of mind. Now, unlike the Telecom-gangsters, some of you will have no idea what the hell I'm talking about. You might want to read some of the earlier articles I've written: -Here's one all the way back from March of 2009, looking at 3 studies that found a big link <http://davidrothscum.blogspot.com/2009/03/are-you-at-risk-from-cell-phone-t…>between living next to a cell phone tower, and getting cancer. This article should really have been part of this series: -It's all over in fifty years.<http://davidrothscum.blogspot.com/2010/06/its-all-over-in-fifty-years.html> Gaia is crying, because you killed her children to tell your friend about the ugly dress your coworker wore to the office party:* -You killed the birds, the bees, the frogs, the bats and the trees <http://davidrothscum.blogspot.com/2010/11/you-killed-birds-bees-frogs-bats-…> *That puts things in perspective doesn't it? Your cell-phone conversations are a big disgrace to the human race. Stop embarrassing us any further. And, the most recent one: New research confirms: Electromagnetic omnicide is culling the trees <http://davidrothscum.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-research-confirms-electromagn…> Now, if you feel like crying at any point while reading, because you're not a bitter misanthropist yet, please remember the words of Bill Hicks: It's all just a ride. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0> Always keep this in mind during the death of humanity. You might still cry while watching the video though. But they'll be a different kind of tears. Dear Sepp, just in case you have easier access this type of info: On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Dear David, > > I'm not the author, but here you can find his details: > http://davidrothscum.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-research-confirms-electromagn… > > and he refers to > http://www.tuinenlandschap.nl/nieuws/3916/bomen-hebben-last-van-elektromagn… > > this dutch article only mentions the city and the name of the uni: > > recent onderzoek van de gemeente Alphen aan den Rijn en de leerstoelgroep > plantcelbiologie (Wageningen Universiteit). > > If you can't find more through the original author, I could look for dutch > contacts who can help, but thanks for trying there first, > > Michel > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:53 AM, <morrisonbooks(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Michel, >> >> I read the Dutch Tree Study about wireless and would like to know if you >> have a link to the study itself. I am pursuing a legal case against the >> school system here in Oregon, USA for installing wi fi in the schools and >> think that this study could be useful in my case. Thank you for providing >> this information. I have subscribed to your newsletter and linked the story >> to my website (below). What a sorry state we are in and all for greed and >> stupidity. Business as usual. >> >> Kindest Regards, >> >> David Morrison / Portland OR >> >> -- >> http://www.wirelesswatchblog.com >> >> > > > -- > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org > > Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI > > > > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI -- http://www.wirelesswatchblog.com -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

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Deadline for ethics of sharing CFP extented!
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Via Felix Stalder, http://felix.openflows.com Call for Papers, Deadline extented International Review of Information Ethics http://www.i-r-i-e.net/ The Ethics of Sharing Call for Papers for Vol. 15 - July 2011 • Deadline for extended abstracts: January 31, 2011 • Notification of acceptance to authors: February 8, 2011 • Deadline for full articles: April 30, 2011 • Publication: July, 2011 Sharing has emerged as one of the core cultural and ethical values native to the networked environment. It is built both into the technical protocols that make up the Internet, and holds together distributed, mediated communities and organizations (even if they try to limit sharing to members inside the organizations). In information ethics, sharing has implicitly been discussed in terms of privacy, intellectual property, secrecy, security and freedom of speech, which together define the social character of the information environment. But recent developments such as WikiLeaks have shown that there is a need to go beyond discussing the legitimacy of access or restrictions. We need to address the motivations and ethical positions that compel people to share information, even at considerable risk to themselves. Has sharing of information a special virtue of the information society? How are choices of sharing or withholding information justified? Is sharing subversive of the new global information regime, or an integral aspect of it? This issue of IRIE brings together contributions towards an ethics of sharing that embeds the technological potentialities in lived social experience. In our understanding, information ethics "deals with ethical questions in the field of digital production and reproduction of phenomena and processes such as the exchange, combination and use of information." The task is both descriptive – helping us understand the contemporary complexities of the ethics of sharing as it emerges from practices across a wide range social and cultural contexts – as well as normative – helping us to address blind-spots and clarifying possible ethical frameworks to address unresolved issues. We seeks submission that might address, without being limited to, issues such as • Sharing of information of different kinds, such technical, social and cultural information • Sharing of resources, such as bandwidth and processing power • Ethics of sharing across different cultures • Values that facilitate sharing • Ethics of Sharing in historical perspectives • Values emerging from environments characterized by pervasive sharing • Subjectivities of sharing • Shifting boundaries between the personal/common • Similarities and differences between the sharing of material and of information resources • Ethical limits of sharing, in regard to other values • Ethical economies of sharing • Economies of sharing vs. economies of exchange • Dangers of sharing We aim at addressing this field from a cross-disciplinary and cross cultural perspective, thus we encourage submission from wide range of research disciplines and from Western and non-Western perspectives. Guest Editors Dr. Felix Stalder a href="mailto:[email protected]"> felix.stalder(a)zhdk.ch> Zürich University of the Arts Research project "Media Activism" at the University of Innsbruck Dr. Wolfgang Sützl a href="mailto:[email protected]"> wolfgang.suetzl(a)uibk.ac.at> Research Project "Media Activism" at the University of Innsbruck Abstracts and Submissions Potential authors are requested to provide an extended abstract (max. 1,000 words) by January 31, 2011. Abstracts may be submitted in the native language of the author though an English translation of this abstract must be included if the chosen language is not English. IRIE will publish articles in English, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish. The author(s) of contributions in French, Portuguese, or Spanish must nominate at least two potential peer reviewers. Abstracts will be evaluated by the guest editors. The authors will be informed of acceptance or rejection by February 8, 2011. Deadline for the final article (usually ca. 3,000 words or 20,000 characters including blanks) is April 30, 2011.. All submissions will be subject to peer review. Therefore the acceptance of an extended abstract does not imply the publication of the final text by July, 2011, unless the article has passed the peer review. All submissions should be sent by email with ‘IRIE Submission’ in the header to: wolfgang.suetzl(a)uibk.ac.at -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

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"What we desperately need: a European Referendum on a European Bill of Rights"
by Peter Mazsa 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Dear friends, I would like to communicate to fellow EU citizens my understanding of recent events in Hungary, and their significance for the EU as a whole. I am not well connected to the European press: I would be most grateful if you would help me to publicise the article "What we desperately need: a European Referendum on a European Bill of Rights". Thank you: Peter

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wifi kills trees update
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

via sepp: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/scalar_tech/esp_scalartech_cellphonesmicr… -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

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Re: [P2P-F] JP Morgan & food stamps
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Thanks David, for reminding us that the spectacle of the financial predators is more revolting by the day On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:18 AM, David Bollier <david(a)bollier.org> wrote: > > > Michel, > As a student of the decadence of the market state, you will appreciate the > story below. > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *The More Americans That Go On Food Stamps The More Money JP Morgan Makes > * > > http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-more-americans-that-go-on-f… > JP Morgan is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the United > States. JP Morgan has contracted to provide food stamp debit cards in 26 > U.S. states and the District of Columbia. JP Morgan is paid for each > case that it handles, so that means that the more Americans that go on > food stamps, the more profits JP Morgan makes. Yes, you read that > correctly. When the number of Americans on food stamps goes up, JP Morgan > makes more money. In the video posted below, JP Morgan executive > Christopher Paton admits that this is "a very important business to JP > Morgan" and that it is doing very well. Considering the fact that the > number of Americans on food stamps has exploded from 26 million in 2007 to > 43 million today, one can only imagine how much JP Morgan's profits in this > area have soared. But doesn't this give JP Morgan an incentive > to keep the number of Americans enrolled in the food stamp program as > high as possible? > > > There are just some things that are a little too "creepy" to be > "outsourced" to private corporations. The JP Morgan executive in the > interview below does his best to put a positive spin on all this, but it > just seems > really unsavory for a big Wall Street bank to be making so much money off > of the suffering of tens of millions > of Americans.... > > So if unemployment goes down will this ruin JP Morgan's food stamp > business? > > Well, apparently not. In the interview Paton says that 40% of food stamp > recipients are currently working, > and he seems convinced that there could be further "growth" in that > segment. > > So is this what America is turning into? > A place where tens of millions of the unemployed and the working poor > crawl over to Wal-Mart and the dollar store every month to use the food > stamp debit cards provided to them by JP Morgan? > It turns out that JP Morgan also provides child support debit cards in 15 > U.S. states and they also provide unemployment insurance benefit debit cards > in seven states. > Apparently states have found that they can save millions of dollars by > "outsourcing" the provision of these benefits to big financial firms like JP > Morgan. > > > So what happens if you have a problem with your food stamp debit card? > Well, you call up a JP Morgan service center. When you do this, there is > a very good chance that you are > going to be helped by a JP Morgan call center employee in India. > That's right - it turns out that JP Morgan is saving money by > "outsourcing" food stamp customer service calls > *to India*. > > > When ABC News* asked JP Morgan about this*, the company would not tell > ABC News which states have customer service calls sent to India and which > states have them handled inside the United States.... > JP Morgan is the only one today still operating public-assistance call > centers overseas. The company refused to say which states had calls routed > to India and which ones had calls stay domestically. That decision, the > company said, was often left up to the individual states. > > > JP Morgan has been moving some of these call center jobs back inside the > United States due to political pressure, but this whole situation is a > really good example of what the "global economy" is doing to middle class > Americans. > Just try to imagine the irony - a formerly middle class American that has > lost a job to outsourcing calls up to get help with food stamp benefits only > to be answered by a call center employee in India. > Welcome to the global economy, eh? > But wait, there is more. > It has just been announced that JP Morgan* has admitted* that they > wrongly foreclosed on over a dozen military families and that they have been > overcharging "thousands" of other military families on their mortgages. > > Ouch. > It is a really bad public relations move to mess with military families. > Is anyone over at JP Morgan even paying attention? > > > JP Morgan has also been one of the primary financial institutions > involved in the foreclosure "robo-signing" scandal. > They just seem to be having all kinds of problems lately. But they are > not alone. > The truth is that we have gotten to the point where big Wall Street banks > such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Morgan Stanley just have way, > way too much power. > > > The biggest Wall Street financial institutions had no trouble begging > for bailouts from the U.S. government during the financial crisis, but when > the American people have needed a little grace and mercy from them they have > been less than helpful. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin > Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. 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Re: [P2P-F] invitation to online book symposium, Feb. 1-3
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Dear Amy, I just sent a book review request to Gaelle, for our colleague Franco, who wants to do an in-depth review, We covered your book, http://p2pfoundation.net/Access_to_Knowledge_in_the_Age_of_Intellectual_Pro…, as book of the week in our blog, http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/book-of-the-week-access-to-knowledge-in-the-a…; http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/book-of-the-week-2-what-is-the-nature-of-free… (the peculiar format is due to conversion problems with the pdf file) it was also facebooked/twittered etc... I'll forward your symposium proposal to our list, Michel On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:25 AM, amy kapczynski < akapczynski(a)law.berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm writing with an invitation to participate in an online symposium about > access to knowledge, on the occasion of the publication of a new edited > volume on the topic. The book, called "Access to Knowledge in the Age of > Intellectual Property," (Zone Press; fulltext here --> > http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12358) is the > first of its kind: a series of essays commissioned to both provide a > generalized introduction to the A2K mobilization and the IP environment it > responds to, and to further develop the theoretical and tactical insights > and dilemmas of the A2K mobilization. > > Of course, the book is really only worthwhile if people know it's there, > and if it helps spark some new debates and conversations. In the service of > that project, my co-editor Gaelle Krikorian and I are organizing a little > online symposium, using the book as a launching point. Fabulously, the > popular law blog "Concurring Opinions" has agreed to host. You can find an > example of the genre of online book symposium here: > http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/category/symposium-future-intern… > . > > Particularly because this is an edited volume, and one designed, in > open-sourcey way, to generate new ideas and conversations, the format is > wide open -- we invite you to comment on a piece in the book, to use the > occasion to blog about a new A2K issue or debate, or to simply comment on > the conversation that emerges. Comments should generally be short (say, 3-8 > paragraphs), and the only other requirement is that they be posted in the > three day window for the symposium -- *Tues. Feb. 1 - Thurs. Feb. 3. * > > **Will you join us? We'd be happy to explain further, to suggest > particular pieces or topics to consider, etc. > > Look forward to your response, > > All best > Amy Kapczynski > > > > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

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Policy on posting
by Karl Robillard 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

Michel, What are the rules for sending email to this list? Is this a forum for philosophical discussion where we can comment on the various topics posted? The old list was called "P2PResearch" which sounded more focused, but the new one is simply "P2P Foundation". I'd also like to point out that finding the email list could be made easier. My point of entry was the blog, which has links to the wiki, Ning group, and sections titled Resources and Community. Nowhere on this page are the terms 'email' or 'mailing list'. I ended up using Google to find the list server page. What is the purpose of the Ning group? -Karl

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Re: [P2P-F] My Shareable article published today
by Michel Bauwens 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

Thank you Darren, I facebooked/twittered it, Michel On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Darren Sharp <dasharp(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Michel, > > Wanted to let you know about my Gov 2.0 article published in Shareable > today: > http://shareable.net/blog/the-worlds-top-10-gov-20-initiatives > > Regards, > Darren > > -- > Darren Sharp > Social Media Strategist > +61 (0)419 314 655 > dasharp(a)gmail.com > www.twitter.com/dasharp > skype: sharpdarren > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Think tank: http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

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