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Guest Post: Psychopathic Economics 101 | ZeroHedge
by 10natalie＠cox.net 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-psychopathic-economics-101

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Fwd: Michel Bauwens - Introduction to P2P and the Commons as the new paradigm of change - Saturday, December 10 - London
by Michel Bauwens 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

if anyone cares to join! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean(a)dadamac.net> Date: Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 2:57 PM Subject: Michel Bauwens - Introduction to P2P and the Commons as the new paradigm of change - Saturday, December 10 - London To: Posterous <post(a)posterous.com> Cc: mark jagdev <markjagdev(a)gmail.com>, Michel Bauwens < michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Saturday, December 10, 2011, 10:00 AM TentCity University at Occupy London (St.Paul's)<http://www.meetup.com/School-of-Commoning-Events/venue/4571802/?eventId=423…> St. Paul's Cathedral, London (map<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=St.+Paul%26%23039%3Bs+Cathedral%2C+London> ) Michel Bauwens, the presenter of this talk at Occupy London, says: To succeed in social change, you need 3 things. A genuine mass movement. As the first native movement and great hope of the digital age that is what #ows (Occupy Wall Street) is all about Concrete alternatives that can change our lives and allow us to live our values right now. This is what commons-based peer production provides – a new way of producing value The ability to be able to stop bad policies, and propose new ones that allow alternatives to survive and thrive, for which we need true democratic processes A ‘commons’ rather than ‘market state’ orientation is a fruitful way to think about solving humanity’s problems in a new way. Michel Bauwens is founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives , a global collaborative researching peer production that maps the thousands of p2p projects being created to achieve mutual alignment and a growing counter economy that can co-exist and perhaps even supersede the today’s dysfunctional one. He is also an Advisor of the School of Commoning, and partner of the Commons Strategies Group that seeks to seed conversations around the new commons paradigm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Technoshaman<http://www.meetup.com/School-of-Commoning-Events/members/10324587/>wrote - If you could help getting the word out about it, that too woud be good. It is also posted in the Calendar at http://tentcityuniversity.occupylsx.org/?page_id=4 . -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] Sud de la Chine : Une des guerres les plus meurtireres - 1851 to 1864
by Michel Bauwens 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

this is new to me! On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson < dante.monson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > deja entendu parler de cette guerre ci ? , avec sa capitale a Nanjing, > et comprenant une grande partie du sud de la chine : > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Heavenly_Kingdom > > A heterodox <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodoxy> Christian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity> convert, > Hong led an army that controlled much of southern China, with about 30 > million people. The rebel Kingdom announced social reforms and the > replacement of Confucianism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism>, > Buddhism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism> and Chinese folk religion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion> by > a form of Christianity, holding that Hong Xiuquan was the younger brother > of Jesus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus>. The Taiping areas were > besieged by Qing forces throughout most of the rebellion. The Qing > government defeated the rebellion with the eventual aid of French<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_French_Empire> > and British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire> forces.* The > conflict was one of the deadliest wars in history, with about 25 million > killed, mainly civilians.* > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: muse on ows
by Michel Bauwens 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

*Theory and Event* on OWS: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/toc/tae.14.4S.html Alex

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understanding premediation?
by Michel Bauwens 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

hi andy, could you explain premediation in more easy language? see http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theory_and_event/v014/14.4S.grusin.html Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Network Power: Building Collaborative Partnerships for Energy Efficiency and Equity
by Michel Bauwens 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

http://p2pfoundation.net/Community_Innovators_Lab hi vasilis, could you help me find more info on the above, as I'm on a trip with little nettime but this distributed energy report could be important for us Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] The "maker" movement
by Michel Bauwens 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

thanks jaap, could you send in your triarchy piece for publication on our blog? On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Jaap Vantill <vantill(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ik vermoed dat dit uit de Economist is. > > *Onderwerp:* *The "maker" movement* > > More than just digital quilting**** Technology and society: The “maker” > movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may > even herald a new industrial revolution**** > > Dec 3rd 2011 | from the print edition **** > > THE scene in the park surrounding New York’s Hall of Science, on a sunny > weekend in mid-September, resembles a futuristic craft fair. Booths > displaying handmade clothes sit next to a pavilion full of electronics and > another populated by toy robots. In one corner visitors can learn how to > pick locks, in another how to use a soldering iron. All this and much more > was on offer at an event called Maker Faire, which attracted more than > 35,000 visitors. This show and an even bigger one in Silicon Valley, held > every May, are the most visible manifestations of what has come to be > called the “maker” movement. It started on America’s West Coast but is > spreading around the globe: a Maker Faire was held in Cairo in October.*** > * > > The maker movement is both a response to and an outgrowth of digital > culture, made possible by the convergence of several trends. New tools and > electronic components let people integrate the physical and digital worlds > simply and cheaply. Online services and design software make it easy to > develop and share digital blueprints. And many people who spend all day > manipulating bits on computer screens are rediscovering the pleasure of > making physical objects and interacting with other enthusiasts in person, > rather than online. Currently the preserve of hobbyists, the maker > movement’s impact may be felt much farther afield.**** > > Start with hardware. The heart of New York’s Maker Faire was a pavilion > labelled with an obscure Italian name: “Arduino” (meaning “strong friend”). > Inside, visitors were greeted by a dozen stands displaying > credit-card-sized circuit boards. These are Arduino micro-controllers, > simple computers that make it easy to build all kinds of strange things: > plants that send Twitter messages when they need watering, a harp made of > lasers, an etch-a-sketch clock, a microphone that serves as a breathalyser, > or a vest that displays your speed when riding a bike.**** > > Such projects are taking off because Arduino is affordable (basic boards > cost $20), can easily be extended using add-ons called “shields” to add new > functions and has a simple programming system that almost anyone can use. > “Not knowing what you are doing is an advantage,” says Massimo Banzi, an > Italian engineer and designer who started the Arduino project a decade ago > to enable students to build all kinds of contraptions. Arduino has since > become popular—selling around 200,000 units in 2011—because Mr Banzi made > the board’s design “open source” (which means that anyone can download its > blueprints and build their own versions), and because he has spent much > time and effort getting engineers all over the world involved with the > project.**** > > This openness has prompted a sizeable ecosystem of add-ons. They include a > touch-screen, an illuminated display and support for Wi-Fi networking. > Other firms have built specialised variants of Arduino. SparkFun, for > instance, has developed Lilypad, a flexible micro-controller that can be > sewn into clothing (think blinking T-shirts), along with many other add-ons. > **** > > Applying the open-source approach to hardware has also driven the > development of the maker movement’s other favourite piece of kit, which > could be found everywhere at the Maker Faire in New York: 3D printers. > These machines are another way to connect the digital and the physical > realms: they take a digital model of an object and print it out by building > it up, one layer at a time, using plastic extruded from a nozzle. The > technique is not new, but in recent years 3D printers have become cheap > enough for consumers. MakerBot Industries, a start-up based in New York, > now sells its machines for $1,300. The output quality is rapidly improving > thanks to regular upgrades, many of them suggested by users.**** > > None of this action in hardware would have happened without a second set > of powerful drivers: software, standards and online communities. Arduino, > for instance, relies on open-source programs that turn simple code into a > form that can be understood by the board’s brain. Similarly, MakerBot’s 3D > printers depend on a standard way to describe physical objects, called STL, > and affordable software to design them. Some basic modelling programs, such > as Google SketchUp and Blender, can be downloaded free.**** > > [image: > http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full-width/images…] > **** > > As for online communities, Arduino has an active forum on its website, > while MakerBot runs a website called Thingiverse, which lets people share > 3D designs. YouTube and other video-sharing sites offer how-to clips for > almost everything. On Instructables, users post and discuss recipes to make > and do all kinds of things. And then there is Etsy, an online marketplace > for handmade goods, from hand-knitted scarves to 3D-printed jewellery.**** > > The ease with which designs for physical things can be shared digitally > goes a long way towards explaining why the maker movement has already > developed a strong culture—its third driver. “If you are not sharing your > designs, you are doing it wrong,” says Bre Pettis, the chief executive of > MakerBot. Physical space and tools are being shared, too, in the form of > common workshops. Some 400 such “hacker spaces” already operate worldwide, > according to Hackerspaces.org. Many are organised like artists’ > collectives. At Noisebridge, a hacker space in San Francisco, even > non-members can come and tinker—as long as they comply with the group’s > main rule: to be “excellent” to each other. “The internet is no substitute > for a real community,” says Mitch Altman, a co-founder of Noisebridge.**** > > This sort of thing makes the maker movement sound a lot like the digital > equivalent of quilting bees. But it has already had a wider impact, mainly > in schools in America. Many have discovered 3D printers and Arduino > boards—and are using them to make their science and technology classes more > hands-on again, and teach students to be producers as well as users of > digital products.**** > > All this will boost innovation, predicts Dale Dougherty, the founder of * > Make* magazine, a central organ of the maker movement. Its tools and > culture promote experimentation, collaboration and rapid improvement. > Makers can play in niches that big firms ignore—though they are watching > the maker movement and will borrow ideas from it, Mr Dougherty believes. > The Maker Faire in New York was sponsored by technology companies including > HP and Cognizant. Autodesk, which makes computer-aided design software, > bought Instructables in August.**** > > Firms may also copy some of the unusual business models that makers, often > accidental entrepreneurs, have come up with. Arduino lets other firms copy > its designs, for example, but charges them to use its logo. Quirky, an > industrial design firm based in New York City, uses crowdsourcing to decide > which products to make. MakieLab of London is developing a platform to > allow toy shops or individuals to develop customised toys and have them > printed. Venture capitalists are nosing around the field. In recent months > Quirky raised $16m, MakerBot raised $10m and Shapeways, a firm that offers > a 3D-printing service, received $5m.**** > > The parallel with the hobbyist computer movement of the 1970s is striking. > In both cases enthusiastic tinkerers, many on America’s West Coast, began > playing with new technologies that had huge potential to disrupt business > and society. Back then the machines manipulated bits; now the action is in > atoms. This has prompted predictions of a new industrial revolution, in > which more manufacturing is done by small firms or even by individuals. > “The tools of factory production, from electronics assembly to 3D printing, > are now available to individuals, in batches as small as a single unit,” > writes Chris Anderson, the editor of *Wired *magazine.**** > > It is easy to laugh at the idea that hobbyists with 3D printers will > change the world. But the original industrial revolution grew out of > piecework done at home, and look what became of the clunky computers of the > 1970s. The maker movement is worth watching.**** > > ** ** > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Clave de Operaciones
by BBVA 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

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Old Mondragon Cooperative Documentary
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

It might be interesting to have an update on such kind of documentary, on the Mondragon "capital intensive industrial cooperative" 1/5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7efaDeFmurQ

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p2p blog updates
by Michel Bauwens 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

thanks a lot franco for your articles on the p2p blog and maintaining the flow ... a great relief as I'm overwhelmed with lectures and meetings here in Rio and in the next few days of europe ... exhausting, but very rewarding trip, Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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