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Fwd: short free online book that cuts to the core: integrity at scale
by Michel Bauwens 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/07/reference-integrity-at-scale-free-online… I'm looking for a volunteer to have a look at this book and eventually present it, see especially the chapters on human and civic capital, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Steele <robert.david.steele.vivas(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 7:40 AM Subject: short free online book that cuts to the core To: Robert.David.Steele.Vivas(a)gmail.com Reference: Integrity at Scale Free Online Book<http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/07/reference-integrity-at-scale-free-online…> -- 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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the insuffficiency of efficiency
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

hi chris, could you scribd this for a blogpost in early august, with same title as above, i.e. "the insuffficiency of efficiency" see http://steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/CASSE_Brief_Efficient_Allocation.… Michel CASSE: "Long before the economy threatens the resilience of ecosystems, economic growth can become undesirable. Much growth (i.e., increasing GDP) consists of “defensive expenditures,” products and services that counteract the negative consequences of other economic activities. An example of a defensive expenditure is the treatment of cancer caused by industrial pollution. Even assuming a product causes no direct harm to its user, its production inevitably contributes to the depletion of natural resources. The tradeoff between products and natural resources may be worthwhile when the economy is small, but as it grows, the additional products become increasingly costly. Through much of human history people have been made better off by having and consuming more things. In high-consuming countries today, however, the costs of increased production often outweigh the benefits. Further growth has become uneconomic." (http://steadystate.org/wp-content/uploads/CASSE_Brief_Sustainable_Scale.pdf ) [[Category:Ecology]] [[Category:Economics]] -- 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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Fwd: The Problem With Money and Why It is Obsolete.
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: robert searle <dharao4(a)yahoo.co.uk> Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:38 PM Subject: The Problem With Money and Why It is Obsolete. To: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com The Problem With Money and Why It is Obsolete. by Vic Jasin. Money is designed to be distributed on a “value of output” basis. Somewhere along the way money lost value and meaning. Money is creating more problems than it solves. Rationalising exploitive windfall profiteering as being “The American Way”, rewards the greedy more than the ambitious. My ambition is to inspire others with new pragmatic ambitions to make contributions to a society and it’s needs. When we think of hero’s and inspiring leaders through the ages, we don’t usually think about the bank account balance as what defines them. Maybe Andrew Carnegie and a few others of the “Think and Grow Rich” mindset who epitomise(d), “greed rationalised” = Capitalism and The American Way. Are athletes worthy $5+mil/yr ? Is ANYONE worth $5+mil/yr??? How do you determine they are worth that money? Because they bring in even MORE money they rationalise that value. Criminals can accumulate wealth and power because of MONEY. Why would you accumulate a lot of anything if you can’t get money for it or trade it for something you don’t have? Money, not ability, not intellect, not morality, not religion, not politics is the source of control and power over others who don’t have it. MONEY!!!! Are people such indoctrinated Capitalists that they can’t see that there is no place for opulent wealth or even accumulation of wealth. You don’t need CAPITAL to do a project. You don’t need money to find, extract, process and deliver all the resources on this planet. You need RESOURCES. People or equipment (automation) are resources. Money is as money does. Financial Forest Gump wisdom. Money IS corruption prone as much as Heroin is addiction prone. A WAR ON MONEY, would eliminate the need to have a war on drugs. You eliminate money and you eliminate the entire purpose of the drug chains and cartels. They aren’t concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others. I plan to write more about how money will disappear in the very near future. Those who aren’t even willing to entertain the idea are those who are uninformed at the possibility and probability of such events occurring. How well do you understand economics and finance? Scarcity can be financially controlled and manipulated and might have nothing to do with the actual presence and access to resources or raw materials. That’s nuts people. We have folks starving and the nuvo rich and uber rich don’t seem to feel a need to divest themselves of anything because capitalism and monetary controlled economics says it’s ok and it’s the American Way. It’s the American way if you want to admit to being unaware of why money is bad and how money can be eliminated. Yes CAPITALISM given the existing and future conditions is an absurd system to maintain. Where do I begin? Maybe after reading this some of you can call me names and tell me why I’m utopian or insane and I’ll ask you to be specific as to what makes me insane and utopian and hopefully somewhere in there, we can clear some of your objections. And yes I will be the first to admit flaw or error when such are found and presented in a rational manner. Right now there is NOTHING saner than Transfinancial Economics by Robert Searle for what can be done NOW until the moneyless society conditions come into being when technological displacement of employment and professions starts approaching 50% of the population. What then? Welfare state? Socialism? All those are based on monetary economics. Stop thinking about how that would work with what exists today and your current circumstances. TFE is NOW. Resource Based Economics, or RBE is tomorrow. If you don’t know what these things are, you have no business criticising. Read it or keep it to yourself as I don’t’ appreciate those who bitch before they understand what they are bitching about. Read it and weep, life will never be the same. Get used to it. The sooner you do, the sooner you can enjoy the future. V. Jasin ( who has also recently set up a website called SENVI http://www.senvi.org/ ) Transfinancial Economics (non-academic paper): http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Transfinancial_Economics Resource Based Economics: http://p2pfoundation.net/Resource-based_Economy You should remove the politics and personalities when reviewing the items below. Understand that what they suggest their ideas will result in is “their” view, not the ONLY way or method. The Zeitgest Movement, the Venus Project,and Jacque Fresco are taking a lot of heat and are the source of a lot of controversy. There is a lot of partisan agenda between the lines so put on your bullshit filter. I find a lot of good in MOST of their content minus the personalities and politics. -- 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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cc to be made illegal in portugal
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

http://www.technollama.co.uk/is-portugal-about-to-make-creative-commons-ill… Dear Miguel, is this something you could report on for us? I'm wondering if it is possible to have an attitude that makes it possible to share and alienate rights to the commons, but not to corporates? this would address some of the concerns of the portuguese lawmakers? 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 Future of Work
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

thanks Jonas, already sharing with our list as well, Michel On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Jonas Andersen <dotjonas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Michel, > > In my new job at Podio, we're actually doing some things on the future of > work that you or the p2p foundation community might find interesting. We're > trying to do it without thinking of marketing our product (because the > changing nature of work is implicitly good for Podio), so I think this work > has primarily informative value, but I will let you be the judge of that. I > just thought you should check it out. Here are a few links to let you know > what I'm doing in Copenhagen: > > http://blog.podio.com/2011/07/21/the-podio-future-of-work-movie/ > http://blog.podio.com/2011/07/20/working-the-podio-way/ > > Best, > .jonas > > -- > Jonas Andersen > E: dotjonas(a)gmail.com > M: (+45) 42 37 29 89 > URL: dotjonas.net > twitter: dotjonas > -- 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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must read: investor/business class is starting to wake up as well
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

http://www.gmo.com/websitecontent/JGLetterALL_1Q11.pdf -- 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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sygnok radical music wars ...
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

http://vimeo.com/19593647 Hi Kevin, could you explore this? any relation to 'p2p art and culture' ? 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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finding out more about "we first"
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

Dear friends, a little overwhelmed with work right now, could anyone find out more about this project, http://wefirstbook.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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the great disruption, a must read reminder
by Michel Bauwens 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

February 22, 2011 Cockatoo Chronicles <http://paulgilding.com/view/cockatoo-chronicles> Why didn't more of us see it coming? After all, the signals have been clear enough - signals that the ecological system that supports human society is hitting its limits, groaning under the strain of an economy simply too big for the planet. But we didn't and, as a result, the time to act preventatively has past. Now we must brace for impact. Now comes The Great Disruption. It is true that the coming years won't be pleasant, as our society and economy hits the wall and then realigns around what was always an obvious reality: You cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet. Not 'should not', or 'better not', but cannot. We can, however, get through what's ahead - if we prepare. I wrote my forthcoming book, The Great Disruption, to help us do that. My conclusion in writing it was this: not only can we make it through, we can come out the other side in better shape. First, though, back to the present. There are countless analyses and metrics that clearly describe and record what is happening - our children will surely look back at what we can see now and ask, "What were you thinking?" One is oil prices, again on the way up, driven by surging demand in the developing world. Peak oil, long considered a fringe theory, is now widely acknowledged as inevitable, if not underway. Leaked US diplomatic cables show evidence that oil reserves have been overstated, along with German military reports framing the connected security threat and comments by the UK energy secretary that the risk is real. No surprises here. Consumption has been outstripping the discovery of new reserves for a long time and, as production peaks, prices will rise - probably dramatically - with major economic consequences. Obvious to those who look. An even more obvious concern is food. More than anything else, I believe food will come to define our entry into this period. Food prices, after hovering around long-term highs for several years, <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/world/04food.html> are now passing the extreme peaks of 2008 as climate chaos takes hold. With our population growing and our diets moving to more energy- and grain-intensive meat production, supply was already tight. So, when record heat waves and drought hit Russia, crashing their wheat harvest and leading to an export ban, the global price response was rapid. Next was Brazil. Did you hear about the so-called 'one in one hundred-year' drought in 2005 in the Amazon? Well there was another one in 2010, but this time worse. It appears that the Amazon, last year, was a dramatic net emitter of greenhouse gases rather than an absorber. Strange days indeed. But actually not that strange, and certainly not surprising - you increase the thickness of the earth's blanket and it gets warmer. Despite the wishful thinking of some, the global climate is behaving as the climate models forecast it would - a bit worse than expected but broadly in line. Indeed, 2010 tied with 2005 as the hottest year on record and, by year's end, the sea temperature off Australia was the warmest ever recorded. With warm oceans releasing more water vapour, we saw floods of biblical proportions hit the agricultural regions of Queensland, killing 22 people and impacting an area larger than France and Germany. The floods were quickly followed by one of the most intense cyclone ever to hit Queensland. Not good for food supplies, so expect prices to keep rising, especially considering that this was not a localised problem. Climate chaos is now worldwide, with an unprecedented 19 countries <http://climateprogress.org/2010/12/23/the-year-of-living-dangerously-master s-weather-extremes-climate- change/> breaking temperature records in 2010. Think that was just a bad year? Think again. Writing at Salon.com, Andrew Leonard <http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2011/02/09/armageddon_a gain/index.html> argued recently that this may all come to a head in China. He quotes the UN, who've just warned that a severe drought is "threatening the wheat crop in China, the world's largest wheat producer, and resulting in shortages of drinking water for people and livestock." According to <http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/08/c_13722789.htm> a Xinhua report, if serious rain doesn't fall by the end of this month, the key grain producing region of Shandong will face its worst drought in 200 years. Of course, 200 years ago they didn't have 1.3 billion mouths to feed. Imagine China facing a food shortage and, with plenty of money in the bank, going on a global shopping spree to feed itself. This, <http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/rising-food-prices-may-be-climate-call-t o-action-author-says> argues food expert Lester Brown, could be China in 2011. Enjoy your daily bread while you can still afford it. Maybe it will rain there again soon - but next time? People are starting to understand that this type of thing is not a one off. Commenting on rising food prices, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/opinion/07krugman.html?> wrote in The New York Times recently: "The evidence does, in fact, suggest that what we're getting now is a first taste of the disruption, economic and political, that we'll face in a warming world. And given our failure to act on greenhouse gases, there will be much more, and much worse, to come." But don't panic. We will wake up soon. Not because the ecosystem is showing signs of major breakdown. Not because people are drowning. No, we will wake up because something much more important to us is now clearly threatened. When you try to create infinite growth on a finite planet, only two things can change: Either the planet gets bigger, which seems unlikely, or the economy stops growing. It's the end of economic growth that will really get our attention. There is surprisingly good news in all of this. We as humans have long been very good in a crisis. We ignore our health issues until the heart attack; our unwise lifestyle choices until the cancer diagnosis. We ignore our badly designed financial system until the economic crisis; or the threat of Hitler until the brink of war. Again and again, we respond to problems late, but dramatically - and, crucially, effectively. Slow, but not stupid. This is a good attribute, given what's coming. We're going to have to transform our economy very rapidly, including our energy, transport and agricultural systems. This transition - to a zero net CO2 economy - will soon be underway and the business and economic opportunities for those who are ready (and risks to those who aren't) are hard to overstate. That's why China is getting ready to win this race, with significantly more impressive programs to capture the opportunity than most Western countries. They understand that in the new world that is unfolding, being a 'solar power' will define geopolitical strength. Maybe the United States will start late, but strongly, surging out of Silicon Valley with a technology boom ready to disrupt and reinvigorate the world again. Time will tell - and probably sooner than you think. There's much more to this than technology, though, with some exciting cultural and political challenges ahead as well. In a growth-constrained world, our current central economic policy of 'keep calm and carry on shopping' is looking increasingly wrongheaded. It's certainly insufficient for continued human development. (More good news there, however, because all the research suggests that shopping, or more specifically accruing more money and more stuff, is a very poor way to increase your happiness, once you're out of absolute poverty.) In response to the now inevitable crisis, we will demand our governments think more deeply. We will have to adopt policies known to improve quality of life, like encouraging community, social inclusion and - the most heretical idea of all - greater equality and a <http://steadystate.org/> steady state economy. Interesting times indeed. Taking all this together, we can now say with a high degree of certainty that change is going to start coming thick and fast. Change in our economy, in our politics, and in our lives. Change that will be challenging, but that will ultimately lead us to a better place. So get ready for the ride. The Great Disruption is now underway. -- 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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peer production and gender
by Michel Bauwens 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

http://p2pfoundation.net/Statement_on_the_political_economy_of_peer_product… Dear Meike, I came across this recently, and am curious as to how your work and views have evolved, 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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