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Fwd: [commoning] The Co-operative University
by Michel Bauwens 26 Dec '13

26 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [commoning] [P2P-F] The Co-operative University To: "commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de" <commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de> while there may be talk regarding politics, this thread ( and others ) reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle#Iron_Law_of_Bureaucracy "Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy"<http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2mail/mail408.html#Iron> : In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely. He has restated <http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/iron.html> it as: ...in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself. Examples in education would be teachers who work and sacrifice to teach children, vs. union representatives who work to protect any teacher including the most incompetent. The Iron Law states that in all cases, the second type of person will always gain control of the organization, and will always write the rules under which the organization functions. This can be compared to the Iron law of oligarchy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy>. His blog, "The View from Chaos Manor", often references apparent examples of the law. On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>wrote: > I agree that both will happen and both are needed, but I do believe in > leadership and intentional social action, in order to actuallyu make things > happen in such integrative ways; in my reading, most humans are naturally > driven to more closed processes, and so intentional collective action > remains a necessity > > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Helene Finidori <hfinidori(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > >> >> Michel, our approaches are not that different, though the cohesive wholes >> I am referring to are emergent whereas integrative approaches may be >> constructed. There is construction in both, but in one case what is >> constructed or acted upon are the conditions and seeds for the emergence of >> a whole from uncoordinated diversity, and in the other its about bringing >> diverse pieces together to be integrated in a more proactive and >> coordinated way within defined boundaries, and this can be more or less >> granular. Both approaches can coexist and complement each other. What you >> are describing for religions relate to the latter, and open p2p processes >> to the former. Shared underlying principles as opposed to transcendent >> visions and rules can accelerate p2p processes and coalescence. >> >> There's also a question of process narrative. Some people have >> construction narrative to describe emergent processes, and vice versa... >> >> >> On Saturday, December 21, 2013 10:01 AM, Michel Bauwens < >> michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: >> well people are at various levels (though I personally don't pin down >> people at levels, but focus on their equipotential complementarities), and >> the people who think integratively are already building equipotential >> systems where people who are not integrative nevertheless build integrated >> systems (wikipedia, linux, wikispeed, need I go on ..) >> >> (http://p2pfoundation.net/Equipotentiality) >> >> so we're not describing anything wishful or that wish for people to come, >> but rather describing very extant systems where people are already >> integrated and coalescing, whether they have integrative visions or not .. >> \ >> think about the great world religions or institutions, they have >> succesffully bound people together at various levels for several thousand >> years already ... from the superstitious, to the rational to the >> transrational mystics, but ruled by 'rational' power-centric leadership >> >> these leaders, at whatever level they were at, were already binding >> together multiple levels; what has changed is the level of leadership, they >> are now enough people at p2p levels to bind people in integrative systems >> that already including p2p logics in their vision-logic >> >> the question is not to create them, they already exist, but rather to >> think how they could me more central to the overall workings of social >> systems, >> >> Michel >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >> Hi Michel, >> >> The approach is one thing. >> >> The people whom are proposed to adopt the approach are another. >> >> You may create an integrative approach, however "if you build it, they >> will not come" ...unless their thinking and ways of solving problems >> are already integrative. Or, unless they are genuinely ready to change >> towards an integrative way. Human nature is tricky like that. >> >> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Michel Bauwens >> <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> wrote: >> > hi sam, >> > >> > but what indeed about an integrative approach,not just one works in >> some the >> > other in other, but actually combining approaches, >> > >> > I frankly don't see why we can't combine self-learning, with peer >> learning, >> > with learning from excellent teachers, all in one package, >> > >> > Michel >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Joe Corneli <holtzermann17(a)gmail.com >> > >> >> wrote: >> >> >> As I understand it, some focusing on reproducing the university , >> but >> >> >> in a cooperative structure ( with some social media blend ), and >> focused on >> >> >> the teachers, who would become the owners of the structure ? >> >> > >> >> > To toot the Peeragogy horn again, why distinguish between teachers >> and >> >> > students? What do we gain from that dichotomy? >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Joe, your point is well taken, and well founded. >> >> >> >> >> >> I'd like to offer an alternative perspective, one grounded in the work >> >> of Clare W Graves http://www.clarewgraves.com/ >> >> >> >> Graves put forth a theory that it will be ineffective to first create >> >> a social "structure", then question why everyone is not adopting it. >> >> >> >> This holds true for both a hierarchy (one-to-many_, and a many-to-many >> >> (p2p) relationship. >> >> >> >> The problem lies in the fundamental assumptions (or world view, or >> >> "bio-psycho-social" conditions, as Graves described them) of the >> >> person in question. If a person's worldview resonates with >> >> hierarchical approaches, they are going to tend to reject p2p >> >> approaches, no matter how strong the argument. And, if a person's >> >> world view resonates strongly with p2p approaches, they are going to >> >> reject social hierarchies. >> >> >> >> There really is no "best" way. Because, whatever way is selected, it >> >> must resonate with the people who actively pursuing it, or it will >> >> never work, no matter how good it is. >> >> >> >> Another factor to look for is where people espouse, for instance a p2p >> >> approach, but actually are revealed to be consolidating resources and >> >> power under their control in a hierarchical way. It is my opinion that >> >> this is actually extremely common. >> >> >> >> For me, I'd rather just say: let's admit that p2p works in some >> >> conditions, hierarchies in others, and let's call it a day. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I can ramify that with a pithy quote from Jean Baudrillard: >> >> > >> >> > "Alienation begins with the internalisation of the Master by the >> >> > emancipated slave." -- In pedagogy as originally practiced in >> Greece, >> >> > the teachers were slaves. Now that they are (politically) >> >> > emancipated, should they become students? Or should students take >> >> > over the classroom, like Situationists taking over UNICEF? Or should >> >> > they instead reject studies completely as the Situationists advised? >> >> > I think we can understand better by comparing with two more quotes >> >> > from another recent philosopher, Peter Sloterdijk: >> >> > >> >> > "If one is prepared to understand the faculty, the university and the >> >> > scholars' republic as collectivizations, anonymizations and >> >> > perfections of the master function..." >> >> > >> >> > "After half a century of militant youth movements, a creature that >> had >> >> > been absent from the scene for a long time resurfaced: the adult." >> >> > >> >> > If we follow Sloterdijk's argument: it turns out that "mastery" of >> >> > either a topic, or practice, or of oneself, is the essence of >> >> > education, training, religion, and most of our modern society. >> >> > Perhaps we are mature enough at this point to concern ourselves >> mostly >> >> > with forthrightness about our own experiences and valueS (in the >> >> > plural). One more quote from the philosopher who inspired both these >> >> > guys: >> >> > >> >> > "While the noble man lives in trust and openness with himself [...] >> >> > the man of ressentiment is neither upright nor naive nor honest and >> >> > straightforward with himself." >> >> > >> >> > Nietzsche's term, ressentiment, is another way to talk about >> >> > "internalisation of the master". There is a world of difference >> >> > between internalising a dominating master, and pursuing mastery, "be >> >> > it the solving of a factual problem or the art of living as such." >> >> > >> >> > More detailed versions of the quotes: >> >> > http://gathatoulie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/international.html >> >> > >> >> >> See ladder of participation : >> >> >> >> >> >> http://p2pfoundation.net/Ladder_of_Participation >> >> > >> >> > Notice how that can be bent into a Möbius loop. I.e. do we really >> >> > know that therapy is always "non-participation", or that citizen >> >> > control is not a direct form of manipulation of one form or another? >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > commoning Mailingliste >> >> > JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >> >> > commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >> >> > https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> commoning Mailingliste >> >> JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >> >> commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >> >> https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - >> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >> > >> > Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >> > >> > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > commoning Mailingliste >> > JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >> > commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >> > https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> commoning Mailingliste >> JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >> commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >> https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >> >> >> >> >> -- >> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >> >> <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: >> http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >> >> #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> commoning Mailingliste >> JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >> commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >> https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> commoning Mailingliste >> JPBerlin - Politischer Provider >> commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de >> https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning >> >> > > > -- > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > > _______________________________________________ > commoning Mailingliste > JPBerlin - Politischer Provider > commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de > https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning > > _______________________________________________ commoning Mailingliste JPBerlin - Politischer Provider commoning(a)listen.jpberlin.de https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/commoning -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: "camaraderie amoureuse"
by Michel Bauwens 26 Dec '13

26 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 11:35 PM Subject: "camaraderie amoureuse" To: "econowmix(a)googlegroups.com" <econowmix(a)googlegroups.com> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_issues_related_to_love_and_sex The main propagandist of free love within European individualist anarchism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_individualist_anarchism> was Emile Armand <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Armand>.[16]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_issues_related_to_love_and_sex#c…>He advocated naturism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturism> (see anarcho-naturism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-naturism>) and polyamory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory> and he came up with the concept of *la camaraderie amoureuse*.[17]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_issues_related_to_love_and_sex#c…> He wrote many propagandist articles on this subject such as "De la liberté sexuelle" (1907) where he advocated not only a vague free love but also multiple partners, which he called "plural love".[17]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_issues_related_to_love_and_sex#c…> In the individualist anarchist journal *L'en dehors <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27en_dehors>* he and others continued in this way. Armand seized this opportunity to outline his theses supporting revolutionary sexualism and "camaraderie amoureuse" that differed from the traditional views of the partisans of free love in several respects. Later Armand submitted that from an individualist perspective nothing was reprehensible about making "love", even if one did not have very strong feelings for one's partner.[17]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_issues_related_to_love_and_sex#c…> "The camaraderie amoureuse thesis", he explained, "entails a free contract of association (that may be annulled without notice, following prior agreement) reached between anarchist individualists of different genders, adhering to the necessary standards of sexual hygiene, with a view toward protecting the other parties to the contract from certain risks of the amorous experience, such as rejection, rupture, exclusivism, possessiveness, unicity, coquetry, whims, indifference, flirtatiousness, disregard for others, and prostitution."[17]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_issues_related_to_love_and_sex#c…> He also published *Le Combat contre la jalousie et le sexualisme révolutionnaire* (1926), followed over the years by *Ce que nous entendons par liberté de l'amour*(1928), *La Camaraderie amoureuse ou “chiennerie sexuelle”* (1930), and, finally, *La Révolution sexuelle et la camaraderie amoureuse* (1934), a book of nearly 350 pages comprising most of his writings on sexuality -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: The Title: Peer-to-Peer Leadership: Why the Network Is the Leader
by Michel Bauwens 26 Dec '13

26 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geert Callens <geert.o.j.callens(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 2:01 AM Subject: The Title: Peer-to-Peer Leadership: Why the Network Is the Leader To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net>, Jef Staes <jef.staes(a)eoi.be> *Dag Michel en Jef,* *Merry Christmas and a Happy 2014, let's hope it will be a good one!* *Geert* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: BK Communiqué - Berrett-Koehler Publishers <jsiva(a)bkpub.com> Date: 2013/12/19 Subject: Caught in the Positive Network To: geert.o.j.callens(a)gmail.com You're receiving this e-newsletter because you're part of the Berrett-Koehler community! You may unsubscribe<http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001HqpOXswyl_ffrgt8kqDzCA%3D%3…>if you no longer wish to receive our emails. 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Fwd: Radical Change Required
by Michel Bauwens 25 Dec '13

25 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daryl Taylor <taylor.daryl.r(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:46 PM Subject: Radical Change Required To: David Holmgren <ds(a)holmgren.com.au>, Michel Bauwens < michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> http://www.climatecodered.org/2013/12/naomi-klein-radical-ghg-emissions.html "Radical emissions reduction will only emerge from radical social movements ... transformative policies must be backed by transformative politics.” Naomi Klein -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: Wikipedia - Global surveillance disclosure , December 2013
by Michel Bauwens 25 Dec '13

25 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:44 AM Subject: Wikipedia - Global surveillance disclosure , December 2013 To: "econowmix(a)googlegroups.com" <econowmix(a)googlegroups.com> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#December December[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_surveillance_disclosure&ac…> ] According to the classified documents leaked by Snowden, the Australian Signals Directorate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Signals_Directorate>, formerly known as the Defence Signals Directorate, had offered to share information on Australian citizens with the other intelligence agencies of the UKUSA Agreement <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement>. Data shared with foreign countries include "bulk, unselected, unminimised metadata" such as "medical, legal or religious information".[184]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-guard…> *The Washington Post <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post>* revealed that the NSA has been tracking the locations of mobile phones from all over the world by tapping into the cables that connect mobile networks globally and that serve U.S. cellphones as well as foreign ones. In the process of doing so, the NSA collects more than 5 billion records of phone locations on a daily basis. This enables NSA analysts to map cellphone owners’ relationships by correlating their patterns of movement over time with thousands or millions of other phone users who cross their paths.[185]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-wapo5…> [186]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-186> [187]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-187> [188]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-188> [189]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-189> [190]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-190> [191]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-191> On 5 December, Sveriges Television<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveriges_Television> (*Swedish Television*) reported that the National Defence Radio Establishment<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defence_Radio_Establishment_(Sweden)> of Sweden (FRA) has been conducting a clandestine surveillance operation targeting the internal politics of Russia. The operation was conducted on behalf of the NSA, which receives data handed over to it by the FRA.[192]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-192> [193]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-193> The Swedish-American surveillance operation also targeted Russian energy interests as well as the Baltic states<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states> .[194]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure#cite_note-194> Comparison with previous leaks[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_surveillance_disclosure&ac…> ] YearDisclosure SizeMain source(s) Major publisher(s)2013*Global surveillance disclosure* >200,000 documentsEdward Snowden<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden> *The Guardian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian>*, *The New York Times <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times>*, *The Washington Post <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post>*, *Der Spiegel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Spiegel>*, *Le Monde <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Monde>*, 2010United States diplomatic cables leak<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak> 251,287 diplomatic cablesChelsea Manning<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Manning> *The Guardian*, *The New York Times*. *Der Spiegel*, *Le Monde*, *El País <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Pa%C3%ADs>*, WikiLeaks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks> 1971Pentagon Papers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers> 4,100 pagesDaniel Ellsberg <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ellsberg> *The New York Times* -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Re: [P2P-F] Do we know about Linked Data ? Are we interested is understanding its potentials ? Quick survey - Thanks !
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 25 Dec '13

25 Dec '13

Thanks Eric Yes, I'd be glad to follow up on the thinking and research you are doing around metacurrency, and participate in the scheduled hang out. further note : an interesting reply by June on this thread, also available on the public p2pf list archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - [P2P-F] Do we know about Linked Data ? Are we interested is understanding its potentials ? Quick survey - Thanks !<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01085.ht…> Dante-Gabryell Monson - Re: [P2P-F] Do we know about Linked Data ? Are we interested is understanding its potentials ? Quick survey - Thanks !<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01087.ht…> June Gorman - Re: [P2P-F] Do we know about Linked Data ? Are we interested is understanding its potentials ? Quick survey - Thanks !<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01088.ht…> Dante-Gabryell Monson On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Eric Harris-Braun <eric(a)harris-braun.com>wrote: > Hi All, > > It turns out that where the technical side of the MetaCurrency Project has > led us has lots to do with Semantic Data or rather, from our point of view, > Semantic Computing. Ceptr, the computing stack we are designing to build > our tools out of, pushes Semantics down into the lowest levels of the > stack, in a way that we haven't seen with the approaches inherent embodied > in RDF/URI. > > For folks interested in our approach, I'm scheduling a tech hang-out in > the next week or two. If you want to be notified of it please drop me a > line. > > -Eric > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson < > dante.monson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> *pre-note : I try to understand if we can , possibly collectively, * >> *write an article that could be published on the p2pfoundation blog,* >> *as to better explain, in words and with images / graphics , * >> *some of the potentials of building on, for example, Linked Data - and/or >> similar technologies enabling us to more easily redefine our realities >> collectively -* >> >> >> *If anyone wrote on these topics, or is interested in combining our >> efforts and research in writing about these topics, or if some can help in >> making such article in a enjoyable reading moment ( combining it with nice >> imagery and stories ? Like some science fiction authors manage to do - yet >> talking about the present ? ) it would be great. I mean, not only about >> one specific application or project, but about the potential to work >> together on various applications based on common protocols. * >> >> *Some call it a "Global Brain" , or a "Web Operating System" , ... * >> >> *Below is what I want to say to open up the topics for now ... I am open >> to brainstorm further, and progressively collectively organize an easier to >> understand blog post, or series of blog posts, on such topics.* >> >> >> >> Thanks Bob, Thanks Helene, >> >> for your replies. >> >> I sent this message initially motivated by the realization, after an >> email exchange with Michel. >> >> Michel pointed that in his view there seemed to be little interest >> regarding Linked Data / Semantic Web approaches on p2pf related forums. >> >> So I wondered if this was really the case, and if so, what could be the >> reason, >> and how could it be better communicated. >> >> Possibly showing how different projects may have an interest in using >> such technologies in their research and development of applications, >> showing overlap of different applications that want to embody such >> technologies, >> and overlap and re-use of the data generated by each of these >> applications to enable yet new applications. >> >> For example, Bob in collaboration with Sensorica for Open Value Network >> tools... >> >> Although the technologies can be re-used and adapted for a variety of >> applications, >> hence Netention ( mostly Seth coding for now ) researching approaches, >> and inviting others into such research and development, which hopefully can >> be re-used for Open Value Networks, or for alternative forms of learning >> building on available information on our wiki's , etc >> >> Other projects, such as metamaps, are also interested ( or already >> including ) such approaches ... >> >> Pavlik was already talking about FOAF ( one aspect / approach using >> Linked Data concepts ) many years ago. I now notice Pavlik is regaining >> interest, including in Schema and Json , ... midst others, in support of >> Sharing Economy applications ? >> >> /// >> >> But in a larger sense, I feel it is about contributing to the development >> of remedies regarding Anoptism ( which Olivier talks about , >> http://p2pfoundation.net/Anoptism , while facilitating at first >> Holoptism ) >> >> In the understanding which I developed by interacting with Seth and >> others via lists such as "Global Survival List"<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/global-survival> >> , >> >> such Web 3.0 approaches get us closer to the concept of " Noosphere " >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere >> >> Or should I be already speaking of Web 4.0 , since I can notice a >> convergence with artificial intelligence. >> >> See : >> >> http://novaspivack.typepad.com/RadarNetworksTowardsAWebOS.jpg >> ( and another graph about internet evolution >> http://www.didael.it/sito/evoluzione_web.htm , also calling some phases >> we have technologies for and for which we need more collaboration in >> research to reduce the threshold for its usage , "the metaweb" >> http://koolaidantidote.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/metaweb_graph.gif ) >> >> Emergent Collective Consciousness, Approaches to Collective Intelligence, >> to Emergent forms of Networked Political Economies, ... >> >> and can be combined with , for example, understanding in the field of >> Artificial Intelligence. ( could be interesting to refer to the Global >> Brain Institute ? http://globalbraininstitute.org/ ) >> >> There are so many implications regarding decision making, collaboration >> and collective intelligence, learning, resource allocation , and even >> finance... >> >> I see a lot of parallels between the potentials of Linked Data approaches, >> and the spirit of the Meta Currency project. >> >> Although there are indeed different potential approaches and technologies, >> and hopefully we can choose inter-operable ones. >> >> There are series of existing Ontologies. RDF Schema being one approach >> which seems to be receiving wider acceptance. >> There is also the use of Json. >> >> Then there is the potential combination between Folksonomies and >> Ontologies, into Folksontologies... And I did not even mention other >> interesting approaches ( slightly different then the W3C approach ? ) , >> such as that of Pierre Levy >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_L%C3%A9vy and IEML >> http://p2pfoundation.net/Information_Economy_Meta_Language >> >> At least in spirit, in my understanding of it. - for each application, >> various combinations of technologies may been considered, >> >> yet I see potential in enabling inter-operable formats, and data that can >> be re-used along compatible data graph approaches... >> >> How can this best be explained with imagery that anyone could understand, >> and beyond any one specific project ? Enable the imagery of a new way >> of creating and using data... re-using such data, enabling us to >> contextualize and choose the ( political and economic ) "games" we play >> based on such contextualization layers ? >> >> Enabling us to interact with others, and across various applications, >> beyond any proprietary approaches, and beyond any social silos... >> >> Yet at the same time, enabling "machines" to understand ... >> >> Opening up whole new dimensions in terms of what seems to be widely >> called "The Internet of Things"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things> / >> Spimes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spime> , including in support of >> the Sharing Economy, or better still in my view, A Contribution Economy >> based on Peer Production in support of the Commons. >> >> That this can be enabled by experimenting further with various existing >> modules and protocols... reducing threshold for their usage, reducing the >> threshold for generating data together, reducing the threshold for >> organizing ourselves using such data ... >> >> There are many more themes this relates to. >> >> For example, Architecture - Urbanism, etc >> ( such as Modular Parametric Design , based on Lego Like components that >> can easily be re-assembled ? ) >> >> There are also many risks - and in my view, a need to think how we can be >> ahead of understanding the technology, to avoid it being used to trap us in >> it - and instead use it to liberate and empower us. >> >> Please feel free to correct me where you see fit, complement views, give >> your own perceptions, etc >> >> There is existing code from various projects for such kind of "Web 4.0" >> browsing - there has been already a lot of research. >> >> In my view, one of the main challenges now, is to get people to work >> together on open sourced code and libre licenses, >> >> for developing inter-operable tools using such open protocols... >> >> Making the various interfaces easier to understand and use... >> >> But first, in my view, we need to see if people grasp these concepts, and >> understand that these potentials are very real and are current - and we can >> participate in their development, and hopefully soon benefit from its >> potentials. >> >> Also, there is funding available - for those of us who are good with >> funding applications - and can enable access to such larger partnerships -, >> willing to contribute to the work of programmers, or willing to motivate >> programmers to converge around a commons oriented approach - >> >> see : http://fisa.future-internet.eu/index.php/FIA_Research_Roadmap >> >> http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/ssai/fp8preparations_en.html >> >> Note : There are also all kinds of existing video materials that can be >> used to illustrate such concepts... I am willing to bring them together. >> Those who can do video editing, I d be interested in supporting research >> for creating a new video document too, in addition to blog articles. >> >> >> >> >> Forwarded conversation >> >> Subject: Do we know about Linked Data ? Are we interested is >> understanding its potentials ? Quick survey - Thanks ! >> ------------------------ >> >> From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:50 AM >> To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org> >> >> >> What would be your answer ? ( reply on this list or in private to me ) >> >> *A ) Interested in ( getting to know more about ) its potentials* >> *B ) Not interested* >> >> and >> >> *1 ) Never heard of Linked Data >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data>* >> *2 ) Know about it* >> *3 ) Actively researching Linked Data >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data> applications ( in support of p2p >> 4 commons ? )* >> >> ( or whatever other replies you wish to give ) >> >> // >> >> Context of my question : >> >> Michel noted that in his view Linked Data has not been a topic with much >> interest on the p2pf related forums. >> >> I wish to understand if this is simply because not many of us know about >> Linked Data, and its potentials ? >> >> Or is it simply because it seemed too complex or technical to bring it up >> on this specific list ? >> >> I know some of us are working on Linked Data applications, >> including in support of Sharing Economy applications. >> >> I personally have been interested in some of its applications for a few >> years, without being a programmer. I collaborated with a programmer over >> the last years, to explore some of the approaches that can be taken to >> create certain applications. >> >> /// >> >> The first aim I have with this email is to have some kind of quick , >> hopefully sufficiently representative set of replies. It does not have to >> be on the public list - you can also reply to me in private if you like. >> >> From there on, I wish to open up another thread to further explain what >> Linked Data can be used for with those of us who may have explored the >> topic and may see potential in supporting such research as to manifest them >> into certain applications, in support of , for example, p2p commons >> oriented political economies. >> >> Cordially, >> Dante >> >> >> >> ---------- >> From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:56 AM >> To: Connor Turland <connorturland(a)gmail.com>, Bob Haugen < >> bob.haugen(a)gmail.com>, Ishan Shapiro <ishanshapiro(a)gmail.com>, Benjamin >> Brownell <solaureum(a)gmail.com>, Arthur Brock <artbrock(a)geekgene.com>, >> Eric Harris-Braun <eric(a)harris-braun.com>, "me(a)larky.org" <me(a)larky.org>, >> elf Pavlik <perpetual-tripper(a)wwelves.org>, Dan Robles < >> ingenesist(a)gmail.com>, S H <seh999(a)gmail.com>, Helene Finidori < >> hfinidori(a)gmail.com> >> >> >> >> sent this to p2pf list ... >> Cordially, Dante >> >> >> ---------- >> From: *Helene Finidori* <hfinidori(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:33 AM >> To: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> >> Cc: Connor Turland <connorturland(a)gmail.com>, Bob Haugen < >> bob.haugen(a)gmail.com>, Ishan Shapiro <ishanshapiro(a)gmail.com>, Benjamin >> Brownell <solaureum(a)gmail.com>, Arthur Brock <artbrock(a)geekgene.com>, >> Eric Harris-Braun <eric(a)harris-braun.com>, "me(a)larky.org" <me(a)larky.org>, >> elf Pavlik <perpetual-tripper(a)wwelves.org>, Dan Robles < >> ingenesist(a)gmail.com>, S H <seh999(a)gmail.com> >> >> >> Good idea. >> >> Wasn't this what we were trying to do at the Ouishare labs camp last May? >> Find ways to de-silo-ize the web, enable interoperability and info to 'find >> each other' based on people's (agent's') intentions and capacities? >> >> It would indeed be interesting to 'package' the 'value proposition' a bit >> :) in a compact and direct 'aha that's what I could use it for , or that's >> how it could concretely benefit society' generating way. And yes, create a >> collective... >> >> >> >> ---------- >> From: *Bob Haugen* <bob.haugen(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:03 AM >> To: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> >> Cc: Connor Turland <connorturland(a)gmail.com>, Ishan Shapiro < >> ishanshapiro(a)gmail.com>, Benjamin Brownell <solaureum(a)gmail.com>, Arthur >> Brock <artbrock(a)geekgene.com>, Eric Harris-Braun <eric(a)harris-braun.com>, >> "me(a)larky.org" <me(a)larky.org>, elf Pavlik <perpetual-tripper(a)wwelves.org>, >> Dan Robles <ingenesist(a)gmail.com>, S H <seh999(a)gmail.com>, Helene >> Finidori <hfinidori(a)gmail.com> >> >> >> We are doing some of what Linked Data requires: providing >> derefenceable URIs for all objects. Most have them now; all will have >> them eventually. >> >> We are not currently using or investigating RDF. We are starting to >> offer JSON as a serialization format, which so far is the only format >> that has been requested. Would happily learn and use RDF if needed. >> We also plan to offer value streams (like activity streams but of >> value-creating and using activities). The pace of offerings depends >> on somebody wanting to use them. >> >> ---------- >> From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:35 PM >> To: Helene Finidori <hfinidori(a)gmail.com> >> >> >> ... while at the same time enabling people to understand that this is a >> research project, >> >> that we do not have ready products, and that people are invited to >> contribute to make such visions into reality... including via their own >> projects, >> >> using standardized modules and/or offering frameworks people can re-use >> for their own purposes... >> >> >> >

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Fwd: [opennetcoalition] Final Adoption of Generalised Surveillance in France: a Disturbing Political Drift
by Michel Bauwens 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: La Quadrature du Net <jz(a)laquadrature.net> Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:05 AM Subject: [opennetcoalition] Final Adoption of Generalised Surveillance in France: a Disturbing Political Drift To: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net Themes: FRENCH 2014-2019 DEFENSE BILL, SURVEILLANCE La Quadrature du Net – For immediate release Permanent link: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/final-adoption-of-generalised-surveillance-… Final Adoption of Generalised Surveillance in France: a Disturbing Political Drift *** Paris, 19 December 2013 — The French President promulgated [1] the 2014-2019 Defense Bill last night. Adoption of article 20 (former article 13) opening the door to generalized surveillance of communications and the failure to request its constitutional challenge demonstrate the deep crisis of a political system which does not hesitate anymore to massively compromise fundamental rights. La Quadrature du Net thanks all those who contributed to oppose this article. It calls for the continuation of the fight against surveillance of our communications on the Internet, by any means: before Parliament or judges, through technology and usage choices. *** The French 2014-2019 Defense Bill [2] has been officially published last night in the Journal Officiel. Its article 20 (former article 13) opens the way to generalised surveillance of online information and communications, notably through live capturing of data from hosting services and Internet service providers and for purposes going way beyond the mere national security. The adoption of this article – with its ambiguous wording and misleading place in a Defense Bill meant to schedule the military budget – and the faillure to obtain its constitutional review reflect the deep crisis democratic representation is going through, failling to protect citizens fundamental rights. This Bill has been unanimously adopted by François Hollande's left wing party – Parliament's majority group –, despite wide inner divisions on article 20 and a previous opposition on similar but temporary and less harmful texts in 2006 and 2008. The right wing, ecologists and the far-left voted against the Bill in both chambers. However, once the Bill was adopted, despite the strong citizen mobilization and numerous warnings [3] by various organizations [4], political divisions and group discipline prevented the collection of the 60 signatures required to call upon the Conseil Constitutionnel (French constitutional court) to review any new law. A strict party discipline from the left-wing majority party (PS), sectarianism from the right-wing party (UMP) refusing to sign together with green and far-left groups, and an aggressive campaign by the leader of the right-wing group against its MPs signing the request, will be remembered as symbols of the drift toward a post-democratic system. Many other steps will enable citizens to continue the fight against the development of a generalised surveillance, which has become a tool for political powers unable to act for the common good. In legal terms, the future publication of the Decree by the Conseil d'État (Highest administrative court) and announced French laws on intelligence and freedoms online will provide new opportunities for discussion, decision, and challenge. But it is on the political and usage fronts that our rights and freedoms will be determined. “With the others associations of defense of human rights and freedoms who have acted on this issue, we will campaign restlessly against surveillance and these violations of the separation of powers. We call for a strong affirmation of the role of the judiciary, of the right to privacy and of the individuals freedoms in the upcoming laws, and any form of challenge” concludes Jérémie Zimmermann, cofounder and spokesperson of La Quadrature du Net. “A balance of rights can only be restored if citizens strongly demonstrate that there is no democracy or human beings free to express themselves in a surveillance State, and if everyone, in their choices of services, tools and usage, reclaims what we abandoned to centralized operators” concludes Phillipe Aigrain, cofounder of La Quadrature du Net. * References * 1. https://www.laquadrature.net/files/joe_20131219_0294_s000.pdf [fr] 2. Loi n° 2013-1168 du 18 décembre 2013 relative à la programmation militaire pour les années 2014 à 2019 et portant diverses dispositions concernant la défense et la sécurité nationale : http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/publication/2013/1219/joe_20131219_0294… 3. http://www.laquadrature.net/en/huge-threats-to-fundamental-freedoms-and-rig… 4. http://www.laquadrature.net/en/reuters-opponents-of-french-surveillance-law… ** About La Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that defends the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room _______________________________________________ Opennetcoalition mailing list Opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net https://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opennetcoalition -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: [opennetcoalition] Fundamental Cultural Rights Must be at the Heart of Copyright Reform in Europe!
by Michel Bauwens 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: La Quadrature du Net <jz(a)laquadrature.net> Date: Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 3:17 PM Subject: [opennetcoalition] Fundamental Cultural Rights Must be at the Heart of Copyright Reform in Europe! To: opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net Themes: COPYRIGHT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, PUBLIC CONSULTATION, FUNDAMENTAL CULTURAL RIGHTS La Quadrature du Net – For immediate release Permanent link: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/fundamental-cultural-rights-must-be-at-the-… Fundamental Cultural Rights Must be at the Heart of Copyright Reform in Europe! *** Paris, 23 December 2013 — For the third time in as many years the European Commission has launched a public consultation [1] on copyright in the European internal market. Despite the unambiguous signal sent by civil society and Members of the European Parliament through the rejection of the ACTA treaty in 2012, the Commission keeps ignoring the primary need to place the fundamental cultural rights of individuals at the heart of copyright reform. La Quadrature du Net calls on all citizens and organisations to respond to this public consultation in order to scrutinise the current approach and to push proposals that are in favour of a positive reform of copyright adapting it to the digital environment. *** Divorced from expectations of their citizens, the main objective of the European Commission in this consultation remains “whether further measures […] need to be taken at EU level […] to increase the cross-border availability of content services in the Single Market, while ensuring an adequate level of protection for right holders”. Furthermore, the Commission places this consultation within the same process as Licences for Europe which was marked by a failure [2] last November. This public consultation continues to propose simple contractual solutions to address the digital environment whereas a revision of the basic principles of copyright law enshrined in the 2001/29 directive is today more than ever in order. ** Fundamental cultural rights ignored ** The European Commission addresses a large number of questions in this public consultation, but a most important question is swept under the carpet: The recognition of each individual’s cultural rights. For example, no questions are raised over the use of DRMs (Digital Rights Management). These "digital handcuffs" have, since their establishment in 2001, restricted the rights of individuals over cultural content acquired by them. More importantly, the European Commission fails to address the question of non-commercial online sharing of copyrighted material between individuals even though this represents one of the most pressing issues that any process to adapt copyright to the digital environment must faced with today. These questions are at the heart of the programme of positive copyright reform [3] proposed by La Quadrature du Net. The last section of the public consultation entitled “Other issues”, allows answers to be submitted on questions that should have been the Commission's main preoccupation! ** Some dangerous directions that need to be countered ** Moreover, several aspects of the public consultation could seriously undermine values allowing the functionme the principles and values on which the Internet is built. An example can be found in the Commission’s questions: “Should the provision of a hyperlink leading to a work or other subject matter protected under copyright […] be subject to the authorisation of the rightholder?” and “Should the viewing of a web-page where this implies the temporary reproduction of a work or other subject matter protected under copyright on the screen and in the cache memory of the user’s computer […] be subject to the authorisation of the rightholder?”. Limiting the freedom to link to or to consult a website – already attacked in Germany through the "link tax" or "Google tax" earlier this year and in the United Kingdom [4] – would represent a major regression. But the most dangerous paragraphs in the public consultation are to be found in section IV, “Respect for rights”. The Commission asks whether “the current legal framework [is] clear enough to allow for sufficient involvement of intermediaries (such as Internet service providers, advertising brokers, payment service providers, domain name registrars, etc.) in inhibiting online copyright infringements with a commercial purpose” and “If not, what measures would be useful to foster the cooperation of intermediaries?". The desire to involve and make responsible technical intermediaries, which was also at the heart of SOPA and ACTA, can be clearly seen here. On all these points, La Quadrature calls on citizens and citizen organisations to express their disagreement with these regressive and repressive measures! ** Advocating for positive reform ** However, the Commission also considers several issues that represent opportunities for a positive reform of copyright in Europe. The Commission asks whether the term of protection should be reduced and considers the idea of a system of registration. Both measures would reinforce the public domain in Europe. Moreover, the Commission asks whether limitations and exceptions to copyright should be further harmonised across countries, especially for the benefit of educational uses, research, of cultural institutions, persons with disabilities, and for innovation such as data mining or user-generated content (remix, mashup). On all these points, it is essential that civil society, individuals and public and private institutions demand a greater flexibility in the European legislative framework. The response by La Quadature du Net will be based on the Elements for the reform of copyright and related cultural policies [3]. It is unlikely that the current Commission will be able to start the reform process effectively due to approaching elections. It is however important that the new Commission receives from day one a strong signal in favour of a positive reform of the 2001 directive and this consultation provides the opportunity to provide it! “The European Union can no longer prevent genuine copyright reform that takes into account the fundamental cultural rights of individuals while putting an end to the repressive spiral of the last few years”, concludes Philippe Aigrain, cofounder of La Quadrature du Net. ”Without an important mobilisation by civil society this process set in motion by the Commission may lead to a regression. But all across Europe citizen organisations are suggesting positive proposals and they must now make their voices heard”, concludes Lionel Maurel, cofounder of the association La Quadrature du Net. * References * 1. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/inde… 2. http://www.laquadrature.net/en/failure-of-licenses-for-europe-underlines-th… 3. https://www.laquadrature.net/en/elements-for-the-reform-of-copyright-and-re… 4. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130417/09522822742/uk-supreme-court-says… ** About La Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that defends the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net ** Press contact and press room ** Jérémie Zimmermann, jz(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0)615 940 675 http://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room _______________________________________________ Opennetcoalition mailing list Opennetcoalition(a)laquadrature.net https://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opennetcoalition -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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Fwd: Potent hope dances with passive hope and spectatorism
by Michel Bauwens 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tom Atlee <cii(a)igc.org> Date: Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 2:27 AM Subject: Potent hope dances with passive hope and spectatorism To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Tom Atlee's Co-Intelligence Journal . The Co-Intelligence Symbol . What this message is about: Optimism and pessimism are kind of like spectator sp Like<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1387826501-32efadfe4dc36c599a30772fec523d9…> Tweet<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1387826501-b2cb3dc3701a133527fc044b08698ac…> Pin<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1387826501-2ab00138dacf9fe44ea7a5206fe76c7…> +1<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1387826501-424d2ad84fc49fa0c6b05474141cf2f…> [image: HandInLight] Tom Atlee's Co-Intelligence Journal [image: Cii-logo-smaller]<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1387826501-83202bfabc6a3e2638f7c2411149315…> . The Co-Intelligence Symbol . *What this message is about: Optimism and pessimism are kind of like spectator sports: things are getting better - or - things are getting worse. Passive hope is wishing or believing things will turn out ok. Potent hope, in contrast, is active, intentional, and grounded in the positive potential we can observe in people and the world. When we have potent hope, we don't claim to know what will happen, but we do claim good reason to take action and find rich meaning in our lives. This post concludes with more than two dozen inspiring quotes about potent hope.* Potent hope dances with passive hope and spectatorism<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1387826501-d8ac6df680e3e66a02b4c5829ce460c…> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dec 2013-Jan 2014 Co-Intelligence Institute fundraiser progress report: *Funds raised so far: $1440* Our target: $20,000 // Percentage of needed funds raised so far: 7.2% People on our list: 1696 // Days remaining in this fundraiser: 39 Thank you so much to the 16 people who have responded! *If you value our work*, please participate with a donation. See the end of this mailing for how to contribute As you can see, we could really use your support. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [image: 220px-Yin_and_Yang.svg] The "Interbeing" of "better and better" and "worse and worse" Dear friends, Given the number of discouraging trends in the world, it is easy to feel hopeless and pessimistic. So I want to take a few moments to look at these very human feelings - optimism and pessimism, hope and hopelessness. I'll start with optimism and pessimism. It feels to me that both these attitudes pull us into spectatorism - like watching sports teams out on the field. Will the good forces or the bad ones win? Optimists say "Good will be the winner and things will turn out well." Pessimists say "You're crazy. Be real! Things are gonna turn out real bad, as usual!" Well, first of all, we never really know ahead of time how things will turn out. And how they turn out has so much to do with what WE do: In a very real sense, we are always participants no matter what we do or don't do.<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1387826501-acf41eedc9007233d726ec5615a2b66…>Even when we are bystanders or inactive we are never JUST spectators, and I think we'd be wise to cop to that fact. Realizing we're involved, willy nilly, may make it harder to buy into the righteous comfort of traditional optimism or pessimism, but it certainly brings us home to reality. There's another level of complexity in this. Let's check out that old formula about how the optimist thinks "The glass is half full" and the pessimist thinks "The glass is half empty". Does that actually capture our experience of most situations we find ourselves in - one glass with four ounces of liquid and four ounces of air? It seems to me that most situations involve a LOT of glasses - and they're in every imaginable state of fullness and emptiness. Confronted by this, optimists get busy pointing out all the mostly full glasses while pessimists make a big deal of all the mostly empty ones. (The real test of course is what the optimists do with glasses that are really almost empty and what the pessimists do with glasses that are almost overflowing. Usually they just ignore them!) It seems that optimism and pessimism have more to do with our mood than with reality. When I'm in a dark mood, I'm with the pessimists and I want to pull every optimist down. Cynicism helps a lot. When I'm in a bright mood, I want to lift every pessimist up: "Look at the bright side!" In both cases, as a (sort of) normal human being, I'm trying to recruit some company for my side of reality - or at least feel more righteous about my half of the truth. But ultimately, when I'm being a bit more sane, it's really clear to me that reality is more complex than that: We face an abundance of glasses with all kinds of levels of fullness and emptiness, some getting fuller and some getting emptier. So, although both optimists and pessimists are demonstrably right, the incompleteness of their rightness makes it hard for me to be a true believer in either view. That is where my own guiding principle in such matters - noted in previous posts - comes from. It seems totally obvious to me that things are getting better and better and worse and worse faster and faster simultaneously. As absurd as it sounds, it seems kinda true. So for those reasons - both the spectatorism and the half-truthiness - I'm not really a fan of either optimism or pessimism - even though I find myself indulging in them both many times each week. That brings me to the subject of HOPE. >From what I can tell, most people think that hope is a kind of wishing that things will turn out ok: "I hope Pat likes me!" "I hope the brakes hold!" In some varieties of hope, there is also a bit of (optimistic) belief that things WILL turn out ok, usually expressed as "having" or "getting" hope: "I have a lot of hope in this new president. S/he gives me a lot of hope." Again, I find myself indulging in both of these forms of hope but, again, they feel passive, so I call them "passive hope". When I lose them - when I become sad, disappointed, or disillusioned - that's when the word "hopeless" feels real to me. But it, too, is passive. In contrast, there seems to be a whole different kind of hope - a realm of hopefulness I call "potent hope". Potent hope, too, has many forms but all of them are active, intentional, and grounded in the positive potential we can observe in people and the world. People with potent hope don't claim to know what will happen, but they do claim good reason to take action, to move with the positive forces in and around them. And what I've noticed is that when I find myself losing whatever form of potent hope I've had, I slide into passive hopelessness, because there is no potent form of hopelessness. But potent hope is addictive, so I usually soon find myself seeking another form of potent hope that is authentic for me in my new state and, with its help, I find myself rising to the occasion again. Potent hope, rising from within us, is usually animated by energy and faith that come from sources like these: ▪▪ commitment or confidence in ourselves ("We can do it!"), ▪▪ caring ("Future generations matter so much to me!"), ▪▪ passion and vision ("I just love life and our vision of what's possible!"), ▪▪ principled non-attachment ("The outcome matters less than the rightness of what we do!"), ▪▪ seeing the perfection or potential in difficulties ("This crisis is an opportunity!"), ▪▪ connecting to the power of predecessors ("Look at what's been done before!"), ▪▪ shifting to a higher, deeper, longer perspective ("There's something bigger going on here that we're part of...!"), ▪▪ the intrinsic joy of doing ("I love what I do, no matter what happens!"), ▪▪ simple choice ("I choose positivity because it gives me an exciting, meaningful life!") or even ▪▪ grit and determination ("I refuse to give up!"). All these perspectives provide energy and inspiration that help us remain engaged even in the face of immense disasters or obstacles. It is this kind of hope - this potent active hope - that gives the world its best chances, that sustains life, and that often makes our own lives meaningful and rich as we find ourselves rising to the challenge of our journey over and over. So I wish you and me potent hope in this holiday season and as the world turns us to engage the next wave of challenges and opportunities in 2014. Blessings on this immense intense Journey we are all on together... Coheartedly, Tom = = = = *Here are some insightful, inspiring quotes to remind us of the many varieties of Potent Hope...* “It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl “The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.” ― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Fall of Atlantis “To love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you've held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs; when grief weights you like your own flesh only more of it, an obesity of grief, you think, How can a body withstand this? Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you, again.” ― Ellen Bass “I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.” ― C. JoyBell C. “There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968 “In a time of destruction, create something.” ― Maxine Hong Kingston “To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” ― Howard Zinn “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” ― Thomas Merton “If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.” ― Henry David Thoreau “It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook “CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler. MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing. CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing. MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged. CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed. MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed. CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying. MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing. CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating. MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing. CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what willyou be then, Dreamlord? MORPHEUS: I am hope.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes “Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.” ― Albert Camus “Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.” ― Jessica Howell “Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.” ― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith “Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up.” ― David Orr “Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” ― Arundhati Roy, War Talk "I choose to drown in hope. Rather than float into nothing.” ― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock “Those who make us believe that anything’s possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have survived the bleakest of circumstances. The men and women who have every reason to despair, but don’t, may have the most to teach us, not only about how to hold true to our beliefs, but about how such a life can bring about seemingly impossible social change. ” ― Paul Rogat Loeb, The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear "I can't help hoping, and keeping faith, and loving beauty. Quite frequently I am not so miserable as it would be wise to be.” ― T.H. White, Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome “It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good." ― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride “But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.” ― Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium “Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.” ― Alfred Tennyson “O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!” ― William Shakespeare, The Tempest “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” ― John Lennon “All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” ― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph“ “My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. 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Fwd: Happy Winter Solstice!
by Michel Bauwens 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Moore <rkm(a)quaylargo.com> Date: Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 6:04 AM Subject: Happy Winter Solstice! To: cyberjournal(a)yahoogroups.com, cyberjournal(a)lists.riseup.net, cyberjournal(a)googlegroups.com *Bcc: FYI* *rkm website*: http://cyberjournal.org ___________________________________ *Building the new in the shadow of the old* https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/cyberjournal/2013-11/msg00001.html ________ Greetings, I hope the holidays find you in good health and good spirits. Speaking of health, I'd like to hear from you as regards how Obamacare is treating you. Have you been able to sign up? How much are your premiums going to be? How good is the coverage? If you haven't signed up yet, please send a response when you do. Thanks, this is just a little research project of mine. I'll post a summary of what I learn. My main interest these days is to move forward with the co-op ideas I described in the 'Building the new' posting (above). A few people have expressed an interest in helping to organize a workshop, but nothing is definite yet. If anyone else is interested, please let me know. My article, NWO – the endgame has begun, was picked up by global research.caand from there spread all over the net. Below, I'm pasting in some of the hits I got from a google search. The cleanest version<http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=15435> online is on News Beacon Ireland, which is maintained by my friend Rudi Teichman. I got lots of responses from people who came across the article. Below is one I'd like to share. I'd like to express my thanks to David Jones, editor of New Dawn magazine, who requested the article. Having a deadline forced me to put in many hours to get the article 'just right'. best wishes to all, richard ______ Hello Richard, I have been doing much globalism micro-research since 2010, and will say your much clearer "big picture" identifying finance as the precursor controller even outweighing government and military in a national sense creating an inevitable shift to globalist overall control hence world sovereignty is really an improvement of insight many other researchers I come across have not nailed quite as clearly as you. . I feel you are taking a complex issue and simplifying the basic "engine" at work, as often when others also research such things but do not connect the dots but leave the puzzle still in pieces, it thus remains complicated. Without understanding the financial control first "dot", many are then distracted by what follows in politics, government an d military minutia. Your nuclear sense of the core framework is thus the way to settle this minutia into context of logic and histories. Even complex system have a basic pattern, and I feel you are nailing that pattern and explaining it a clearer way than any others I have read the analyses of. And I feel your globalized financial nucleus awareness allows any of those other researchers scattered pieces to be connected as well, to the bigger picture of the coming decade. Meaning you have a logic in identifying the core driving power, that many could benefit from when analyzing their own subjects. Keep up the insightful work. Truly, understanding the basic skeleton is crucial to understanding the "body" built on it and aiding it's concealment, while plainly present when explained properly. Best Regards, Mark *New World Order – the endgame has begun* http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=15435 http://www.richardpresser.com/wordpress/new-world-order-the-endgame-has-beg… http://inagist.com/all/412326507760324609/ http://www.globalresearch.ca/new-world-order-the-endgame-has-begun/5361782 http://www.endtime.com/prophecy-news/new-world-order-endgame-begun-global-r… http://bd.summit.net/articles/2013/12/16/new-world-order-the-endgame-has-be… ttp://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?66534-The-endgame-has-begun<http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?66534-The-endgame-has-begun> http://www.occuworld.org/news/455115 http://protestationdotorg.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/new-world-order-the-endg… http://news.silobreaker.com/new-world-order--the-endgame-has-begun-5_226731… -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/

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