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New Irish Political Party supports creation of a Commons Sector
by Kevin Flanagan 08 May '11

08 May '11

Hey, Just looking at this. A new Irish Political Party Fis Nua support the creation of a Steady State Economy, Commons Sector, Basic Income. http://fisnua.com/ Kevin

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Fwd: Dr. Vandana Shiva on CSSC Encounters
by Michel Bauwens 08 May '11

08 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jan Servaes <freenet002(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:56 AM Subject: Dr. Vandana Shiva on CSSC Encounters Dr. Vandana Shiva, named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 7 most-influential women in the world, one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization, and coordinator of Navdanya, an Indian movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seeds, the promotion of organic farming and fair trade (more details on http://www.navdanya.org/ or*http://www.vandanashiva.org/) *was interviewed for CSSC Encounters. To watch, go to:** *http://blip.tv/file/5104262* __________________________ Jan Servaes, Professor & Director SBS Center 'Communication for Sustainable Social Change' University of Massachusetts Machmer Hall 415 - 240 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003-9278, USA Tel: +1 413 545 4314 Fax: +1 413 545 6399 jservaes(a)comm.umass.edu www.csschange.org ____________________________ IF YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE ===================================== Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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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bay area infinite game initiative
by Michel Bauwens 08 May '11

08 May '11

http://blogofcollectiveintelligence.com/2011/05/07/on-the-way-to-conscious-… Dear Sepp and friends, concerning my facebook request for an article on the above initiative, seems like George has already given a good intro account of it, perhaps we can republish this in our blog as well, pending any more elaborate treatment if necessary, George, can we republish your article, perhaps by copying the source code, it would be post-dated May 16 or after, I feel the 3-stage change strategy outlined below is also what drives the work at the p2p-foundation Michel *Current State* — Isolated “Imaginal Souls” There are thousands of commitment-ready infinite players (Distinctionary) on this planet. They are scattered throughout all sectors and geographies. For the most part they feel isolated and constrained. All have experience with “immune systems.” *Interim State* — *Connecting the Dots* Our strategy is simple: Using the Bay Area as our practice field, we find ways to “clump and cluster” in the service of spawning and supporting generative initiatives of all kinds in all sectors. As we weave a web of relationships among diverse allies we begin to realize, for the first time, that we are “something different from a caterpillar.” *Future State* — “Houston, We Have Metamorphosis” Collectively, we begin spawning generative initiatives that are much more like butterflies than caterpillars. These initiatives “infect” our traditional institutions in ways that facilitate their natural evolution into forms that are dramatically more rewarding to all their stakeholders. Once we collectively begin to experience what’s possible in the Age of Conscious Evolution, it will become irreversible. Reverting to today’s traditional organizing forms will become as improbable as vacuum tubes making a comeback and displacing transistors. -- 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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Book Announcement: Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz (eds), Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader (INC Reader #7)
by nathaniel tkacz 08 May '11

08 May '11

INC Reader #7 Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz (eds) For millions of internet users around the globe, the search for new knowledge begins with Wikipedia. The encyclopedia’s rapid rise, novel organization, and freely offered content have been marveled at and denounced by a host of commentators. Critical Point of View moves beyond unflagging praise, well-worn facts, and questions about its reliability and accuracy, to unveil the complex, messy, and controversial realities of a distributed knowledge platform. The essays, interviews and artworks brought together in this reader form part of the overarching Critical Point of View research initiative, which began with a conference in Bangalore (January 2010), followed by events in Amsterdam (March 2010) and Leipzig (September 2010). With an emphasis on theoretical reflection, cultural difference and indeed, critique, contributions to this collection ask: What values are embedded in Wikipedia’s software? On what basis are Wikipedia’s claims to neutrality made? How can Wikipedia give voice to those outside the Western tradition of Enlightenment, or even its own administrative hierarchies? Critical Point of View collects original insights on the next generation of wiki-related research, from radical artistic interventions and the significant role of bots to hidden trajectories of encyclopedic knowledge and the politics of agency and exclusion. Contributors: Amila Akdag Salah, Nicholas Carr, Shun-ling Chen, Florian Cramer, Morgan Currie, Edgar Enyedy, Andrew Famiglietti, Heather Ford, Mayo Fuster Morell, Cheng Gao, R. Stuart Geiger, Mark Graham, Gautam John, Dror Kamir, Peter B. Kaufman, Scott Kildall, Lawrence Liang, Patrick Lichty, Geert Lovink, Hans Varghese Mathews, Johanna Niesyto, Matheiu O’Neil, Dan O’Sullivan, Joseph Reagle, Andrea Scharnhorst, Alan Shapiro, Christian Stegbauer, Nathaniel Stern, Krzystztof Suchecki, Nathaniel Tkacz, Maja van der Velden. Colophon: Editors: Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz. Editorial Assistance: Ivy Roberts and Morgan Currie. Copy-Editing: Cielo Lutino. Design: Katja van Stiphout. Cover Image: Ayumi Higuchi. Priner: Ten Klei, Amsterdam. Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. Supported by: The School for Communication and Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam DMCI), the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore and the Kusuma Trust. You can download the pdf for free here: http://www.networkcultures.org/_uploads/%237reader_Wikipedia.pdf To order a hard copy of the reader, send an email to books(a)networkcultures.org Nate Tkacz School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne Twitter: http://twitter.com/__nate__ Homepage: www.nathanieltkacz.net Current project: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/about-2/

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Fwd: Prelude on cable news, 2 peak oil conversations with max keiser
by Michel Bauwens 08 May '11

08 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kurt Cobb <preludethenovel(a)yahoo.com> Date: Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:30 PM Subject: Prelude on cable news To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com Having trouble viewing this email? Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=r9xzi6dab&v=0018H6J1k2lh…> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=G0GMtQNZf3w&c=1&r=1><http://s.rs6.net/t?e=G0GMtQNZf3w&c=3&r=1><http://s.rs6.net/t?e=G0GMtQNZf3w&c=4&r=1><http://s.rs6.net/t?e=G0GMtQNZf3w&c=5&r=1><http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Prelude-on-cable-news.html?soid=11037151…> [image: Email Header Prelude]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…> *Prelude on cable news **May 7, 2011* *Dear Michel,* Last week my first television interview since *Prelude<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…> * was launched aired. Max Keiser, a well-known financial news talk show host, asked me about world oil supplies, *Prelude<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…> *, global credit conditions and many other topics in a wide-ranging interview. *Prelude out On the Edge with* *Max Keiser* To view the entire show, you can go to the program page for *On the Edge *by clicking here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…>. You can also view the show in two parts on YouTube by clicking the images below. I hope you find the interview worthwhile. [image: Global oil supply-On the Edge with Max Keiser-05-06-2011-(Part1)]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…>Global oil supply-On the Edge with Max Keiser-05-06-2011-(Part1) [image: Global oil supply-On the Edge with Max Keiser-05-06-2011-(Part2)]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…>Global oil supply-On the Edge with Max Keiser-05-06-2011-(Part2) Soon, I will be communicating with you about exciting news concerning vastly expanded e-book distribution for Prelude<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…>, an area of the book market that is experiencing dramatic growth. Until then... All the best, Kurt Cobb Author of *Prelude<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&et=1105441646575&s=14&e=001C4AcNA_O…> * A Peak Oil Novel Forward email<http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=r9xzi6dab&m=1103715163985&ea=…> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001Bw9O7W52JHpwQcq4c8-xiw%3D%3…> <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_BusLet_003> This email was sent to michelsub2004(a)gmail.com by preludethenovel(a)yahoo.com | Update Profile/Email Address<http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001Bw9O7W52JHpwQcq4c8-xiw%3D%3…> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe<http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001Bw9O7W52JHpwQcq4c8-xiw%3D%3…>™ | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. Prelude - A Peak Oil Novel | P. O. Box 671 | Portage | MI | 49081-0671 -- 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: Edward Miller on demurrage and land tax
by Michel Bauwens 08 May '11

08 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Facebook <update+pjiidwm(a)facebookmail.com> Date: Sun, May 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM Subject: Edward Miller commented on your link. To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> facebook<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F180828791966022&mid=43042a4G1…> Hi Michel, Edward Miller commented on your link. Edward wrote: "Ah. So you are referring to demurrage only, and not a Tobin Tax or the like? Doing so would require that the demurrage currency be made official legal tender, and likely even something that it is impossible to compete with. Yet, I'm not quite sure how demurrage would change things substantatively since we already have inflationary money and the banks who lend interest simply take this into account and peg their interest rates to a certain amount above inflation. ALL capital allows you to make compound interest. In truth, there are only really two factors of production: human activity and land. Capital is merely stored-up labor. The P2P Foundation has mentioned ideas like Open Source Ecology and self-replicating 3D printers. If you make a 3D printer and sell the produce, and then use the proceeds to buy more 3D printers... that is EXACTLY the same thing as interest. Indeed, by the definitions of political economy, interest is a return on capital (stored-up labor). Loans are no different. The problem with the rich is not that they make loans. It is that they have all these unjust privileges from the government. Their most important privilege is their eternal sovereignties over land. All the other privileges, like patents and whatnot, merely rob you first.... but the Land Monopoly is the "Robber Who Takes All That is Left." If we removed patents without removing the Land Monopoly, the rents from land would increase by exactly the amount of productivity gained from the abolition of patents." See the comment thread<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F180828791966022&mid=43042a4G1…> Reply to this email to comment on this link. Thanks, The Facebook Team See Comment<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F180828791966022&mid=43042a4G1…>The message was sent to michelsub2004(a)gmail.com. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future or have your email address used for friend suggestions, you can unsubscribe<http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=c05bf5&u=528245547&mid=43042a4G1f7c632bGe88…>. Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303 -- 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] fyi, mondonet video
by Michel Bauwens 08 May '11

08 May '11

thank you Sepp! On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Sepp Hasslberger <sepp(a)lastrega.com> wrote: > Thank you Michel (and Matthew), > > yes, the link of the university with the video went bad. I found the video > on another page and linked it. > > Now live at... > > > http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/mondonet-global-wireless-mesh-network/2011/05… > > Sepp > > > > *"The individual is supreme and finds the way through intuition"* > > http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/ > http://www.laleva.org > http://blog.hasslberger.com/ > http://www.facebook.com/hasslberger > http://twitter.com/healthsupreme > > . > > On May 7, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Michel Bauwens wrote: > > From Matthew Slater <http://matslats.net/> on MondoNet, a global wireless > mesh network<http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=15615&action=edit> > #<http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/mondonet-global-wireless-mesh-network/2011/05…> > [Pending] > > The link to the video is broken... > > > > -- > 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 > > > > > > > -- 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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do we need a chat on the blog?
by Michel Bauwens 07 May '11

07 May '11

dear friends, is there any interest for a chat application on our blog or elswhere where real-time communication could occur? 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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theories of property
by Michel Bauwens 07 May '11

07 May '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Quilligan <jbquilligan(a)comcast.net> Date: Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:42 AM Subject: Link to article To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> http://www.kosmosjournal.org/kjo2/library/kosmos-articles/failed-metaphysic… -- 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] FYI
by Michel Bauwens 07 May '11

07 May '11

thanks Peter! 2011/5/7 Mázsa Péter <peter(a)mazsa.com> > “I believe, as Michel Bauwens says, that there is a fraction of > capitalist establishment for which it is beneficial to develop and > invest in things like this that are completely against the market > logic. I think there’s a small part [of the industry] that can benefit > from it.” > http://newtechpost.com/2011/05/05/starfish-a-user-controlled-network > > P. > -- 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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