February 2015 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

Fwd: Big scoop - now we need your help!
by Michel Bauwens 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rosemary Bechler <rosemary(a)rbechler.com> Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 5:32 AM Subject: Big scoop - now we need your help! To: Rosemary Bechler <rosemary.bechler(a)opendemocracy.net> Dear friends, I'm writing with exciting news about openDemocracy. A few days ago Peter Oborne, chief political commentator at Britain's Daily Telegraph, published an explosive resignation letter on oD <https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/peter-oborne/why-i-have-resigned-f…>, alleging the paper had suppressed negative stories about major advertisers like HSBC. The story has brought more readers to our site than ever before, and is continuing to reverberate across the world, with fresh allegations surfacing every day - raising questions that go right to the heart of democracy. I'm writing to you because over the years you've been kind enough to give openDemocracy something we value greatly: your writing, your ideas. We are incredibly grateful for this. I'm now asking you for your help - at this galvanising moment - to help us keep publishing stories that others won't. We've launched this fundraiser off the back of the Oborne/HSBC story: https://www.justgiving.com/keep-journalism-free - and we’d be so grateful for whatever help you can give in supporting it and spreading the word via email and social media. (And apologies for bothering you again if you already have!) Every person who donates or simply shares the link with others really does make a difference, and we’re hugely thankful to the many of you who have already done this. We simply wouldn’t be here without you. With thanks in advance and best wishes, Rosemary Ps. Here’s the email we’ve sent out to contributors, supporters and friends of oD, please feel free to forward to anyone who might be interested. Thanks again: *Subject: **The news they tried to hide* *From: *Mary Fitzgerald, openDemocracy <info(a)opendemocracy.net> *Reply-To: *Mary Fitzgerald, openDemocracy <info(a)opendemocracy.net> *To: *<anthony.barnett(a)opendemocracy.net> *Date: *19 February 2015 18:04:26 GMT View this email in your browser <http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&id=9fc49ff0f1…> Dear friend, This week openDemocracy broke a story which *casts a shadow over democracy*. Peter Oborne’s allegation that Britain’s Daily Telegraph has *suppressed embarrassing stories about big corporations like HSBC* rather than risk advertising revenues cannot be ignored. If journalism doesn’t hold power to account,democracy doesn't work. Today, we're launching a funding appeal so *we can keep bringing you the stories that others won't.* *Join us here <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116…>* . Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised by the Telegraph/HSBC scandal. As we have stopped paying for news, papers have become increasingly dependent on advertisers. That leaves us with a stark reality. Either *we find a way to fund journalism into the future, or democracy itself is in peril.* On openDemocracy, we don’t shy away from fearless reporting. We’ve taken on *G4S, governments and vast banks*. Because we’re a not-for-profit, there are no corporate owners or shareholders expecting dividends. But it also means *we need your support to continue <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116…>* . It’s normal, when fundraising, to promise specific outcomes. To break it down into neat packages of “£2 pays for a coffee, £100 pays for an article”. But in all honesty, *you know it’s not that simple.* The truth is that *the best journalism comes when reporters follow whatever scent they find* to wherever it takes them. That is what we are asking you to help pay for. We can't allow truth to be caged by a dependence on advertisers. *Contribute today <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116…>, and help set journalism free. <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb7111…>* Thank you, in advance, Mary, Adam, Jess, Ollie and the whole openDemocracy team PS: In his resignation statement <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116…> on openDemocracy, Peter Oborne wrote: *“A free press is essential to a healthy democracy. There is a purpose to journalism, and it is not just to entertain. It is not to pander to political power, big corporations and rich men. Newspapers have what amounts in the end to a constitutional duty to tell their readers the truth.“It is not only the Telegraph that is at fault here. The past few years have seen the rise of shadowy executives who determine what truths can and what truths can’t be conveyed across the mainstream media.”* This worrying trend is why openDemocracy exists. Our model depends on a simple belief: that you are willing to pay for what we do. Please keep this hope alive and contribute here <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116…> . *Copyright © 2015 Open Democracy, All rights reserved.* *Our mailing address is:* Open Democracy The Print House, 18 Ashwin Street London, England E8 3DL United Kingdom Add us to your address book <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/vcard?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9ac&…> unsubscribe from this list <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116…> update subscription preferences <http://opendemocracy.us1.list-manage1.com/profile?u=9c663f765f28cdb71116aa9…> Rosemary Bechler, openDemocracy Editor, Rosemary(a)rbechler.com If you read nothing else by me, please do read *Unbounded Freedom* <http://www.opendemocracy.net/rosemary-bechler/unbounded-freedom> -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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: [NetworkedLabour] Σχετ: Lets learn from Syriza`s surrender
by Michel Bauwens 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [NetworkedLabour] Σχετ: Lets learn from Syriza`s surrender To: Jakob Rigi <rigij(a)ceu.edu> Cc: Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <xekoukou(a)gmail.com>, " networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org" <networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org>, Daniel Chavez <chavez(a)tni.org> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:46 AM, Jakob Rigi <rigij(a)ceu.edu> wrote: > very informative and indeed informed debate between Stathis Kouvelakis and > Alex Callinicos on the current situation in Greece. > > the link is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2jCTBjlPQ > interesting indeed! -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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/ -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org 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: Civicwise: Civic Engagement and Collaborative Urbanism
by Michel Bauwens 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Domenico Di Siena <urbanohumano(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:07 PM Subject: Civicwise: Civic Engagement and Collaborative Urbanism To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Español *English* El mes pasado os adelantaba que estoy trabajando para dar forma a un nuevo ambicioso proyecto: *Civic Wise*. Se trata de una plataforma para la promoción de la participación ciudadana, el urbanismo colaborativo y en definitiva el compromiso cívico. El proyecto es abierto, open source y con gobernanza distribuida. Cualquier persona puede entrar a formar parte del proyecto. Si estás interesado escribeme. *With my last message I've told you I’m shaping a new ambitious project called Civic Wise. It’s an innovative crowdsourcing and co-design platform that promotes civic engagement and collaborative urbanism. The project is completely open-source and developed with distributed governance. Anyone can become part of the project. If you are interested write me.* El próximo 4 de marzo presentaremos públicamente el proyecto en Londres, si quieres asistir al evento reserva tu plaza aquí. Para finales de marzo haremos una presentación en streaming. Si quieres estar informado sobre el proceso de desarrollo y todas las novedades *subscribete a la Newsletter de Civicwise* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/R2vE4rWJAhVjGfnHIB…> . También nos puedes seguir en twitter: @civicwise <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/EEv4Flr5uPuYEhF892…> *Next 4th of march we will present Civicwise with a Kickoff event in London. If you want to assist please book your entry here. At the end of march we will have an on-line presentation. If you want to stay informed about the development and the updates subscribe to Civicwise Newsleter <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/R2vE4rWJAhVjGfnHIB…>. * *You also can follow the project on twtter: @civicwise <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/EEv4Flr5uPuYEhF892…>* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Tecnopolítica, Democracia y Urbanismo Táctico* A principio de Febrero he viajado para Belo Horizonte en Brasil para participar en el seminario “Tecnopolíticas, democracia e urbanismo tático <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/fPDNP5VADsXb763GPP…>”. Este encuentro se entiende como un momento esencial para la consolidación de una red internacional de investigación entorno al concepto de Tecnopolitica, promovida por el grupo de investigación Indisciplinar de la Universidad Minas Gerais en Belo Horizonte. Es para mi un honor y un placer ser uno de los agentes e investigadores que configuran la Red. Durante el seminario también he coordinado un taller de urbanismo táctico junto con el grupo de investigación *Indisciplinar* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/MDz4Ez4N7TrUlFHlJT…> y el colectivo *Micropolis* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/EtkXNWlm6IakmJ9Yt0…>, (dos muy buenos equipos, por cierto!). Esta experiencia ha sido especialmente interesante porque me ha permitido descubrir las increíbles dinámicas, realmente específicas de Brasil y en este caso de Belo Horizonte que parece vivir una literal explosión de creatividad y transformación social…. y por supuesto como el carnaval estaba muy cerca no he podido no lanzarme en un #dancecommons. A continuación un pequeño video <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/fp5O1763EKzGiG9I2S…> en el que cuento un poco que es lo que hemos hecho. <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/fp5O1763EKzGiG9I2S…> *In early February I traveled to Belo Horizonte in Brazil to participate in the seminar "techno-political, democracy and tático urbanism". This meeting is seen as an essential for the consolidation of an international network of research around the concept of techno-political, promoted by the research group of the University Indisciplinar Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte time. * *It is my honor and pleasure to be one of the agents and researchers who make up the network. * *During the seminar I also coordinated a workshop tactical planning with the research group Indisciplinar <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/MDz4Ez4N7TrUlFHlJT…> and Micropolis <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/EtkXNWlm6IakmJ9Yt0…> collective, these two really two huge discoveries. * *Here you can see a short video <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/fp5O1763EKzGiG9I2S…> where I tell you a little what we have done.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *ebook sobre Innovación Urbana y Social* Con la ocasión de mi curso sobre Innovación Urbana me he puesto a recopilar textos que he escrito sobre el tema y a lo tonto a lo tonto me ha salido un buen pdf con 102 páginas. El resultado en un pdf que he titulado Innovación Urbana y Social que te lo puedes descargar aquí > https://gumroad.com/l/innovacionurbana <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/f4FWc763763IUn0489…> Si te interesa este tema, también puedes apuntarte al grupo cerrado de Facebook “Innovación Urbana <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/NkpZAupEHu7d9nrPiI…> ”. *ebook about Social and Urban Innovation* *On the occasion of my course on Urban Innovation I have started collecting texts I have written on the subject and I made a pdf with 102 pages.* *The title of the PDF is Urban and Social Innovation (only in spanish, sorry). You can download it here> https://gumroad.com/l/innovacionurbana <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/f4FWc763763IUn0489…>* *If you are interested on this subject you can join our private Facebook group "Innovación Urbana <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/NkpZAupEHu7d9nrPiI…>".* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *VOLUMES: are working or coworking?* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/PlYLgMpZpEGtvbjofL…> Me siento muy orgulloso de ser uno de los colaboradores del proyecto. Uno de mis objetivo es contribuir a generar una comunidad glocal! Volúmes es un nuevo espacio de colaboración en París, fundado por una comunidad de diseñadores transdisciplinares; un espacio de coworking, incluyendo una cocina profesional y un taller de fabricación digital. *Más info* >http://join.volumesparis.org/ <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/ePk2wkaXP4FkbB7j4q…> *VOLUMES: are working or coworking?* *I feel very proud to be one of the project partners. One of my aim is to generate a glocal community! * *Volumes will be one of the largest coworking Europe. * *Volumes is a new collaborative space in Paris founded by a community of transdisciplinary designers; a coworking space including a collaborative kitchen and a digital fabrication workshop.* *info http://join.volumesparis.org/ <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/ePk2wkaXP4FkbB7j4q…>* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Curso Innovación Urbana * A estas alturas ya deberías haberte enterado de este pequeño curso que he montado gracias a la plataforma Tutellus. Hasta la fecha se han apuntado ya más de 220 personas. El curso ha consiguiendo 26 comentarios todos muy positivos. *web*: https://www.tutellus.com/3520/innovacion-urbana <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/ah763i892TwoQw83rF…> Me interesa mucho promocionar el curso para profesores y estudiantes de universidad. ¿eres profesor? *Si eres profesor y consideras que este curso puede ser interesante para tus estudiantes, contactame y te pasare un código para que puedan matricularse gratis.* *Video Course about Urban Innovation * *This course is the result of several years giving lectures and coordinating workshops in Spain, Europe and South of America. The course is at moment only in Spanish.* *web: https://www.tutellus.com/3520/innovacion-urbana <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/ah763i892TwoQw83rF…>* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Las cosas de Hans* | @hansbrinker <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/IFPdst0bkNuZTps892…> <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/LGuM7moIDS5G7t4HIM…> Julien Douvier <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/LGuM7moIDS5G7t4HIM…> es un diseñador gráfico francés especializado en la "fotografía animada" o "cinemagrafía". Entre sus encargos para distintos clientes, destacan algunos de sus trabajos personales, como la dedicada a la rutina, donde la repetición convierte a las personas y a las fachadas de los edificios en elementos rítmicos. "Porque lo principal en la vida es el ritmo". La historia completa → https://storify.com/hansbrinker/joulien-douvier <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/iDlcp4OA4tCazQqPPT…> *Hans Things* | @hansbrinker <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/IFPdst0bkNuZTps892…> *Julien Douvier <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/LGuM7moIDS5G7t4HIM…> is a french graphic designer specialized in "animated photography" or “cinemagraphs”. Among his jobs for different customers, some of his personal works stand out. For example, the one dedicated to the routine, where repetition turns people and buildings façades into rhythmic elements. "Because life is all about rhythm." * *The complete story → https://storify.com/hansbrinker/joulien-douvier <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/iDlcp4OA4tCazQqPPT…>* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Las cestas de Maria | intrecci.eu <http://intrecci.eu>* Ya os he presentado el fantástico trabajo que hace Maria (mi hermana). Todas las cestas que veis en la foto son suyas. Nuevas creaciones. *Decanter Arabesco*. <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/CPM763763V5JKdVPJt…> Si te interesa el trabajo de Maria apúntate a su newsletter y recibirás directamente en tu correo electrónico sus ofertas. *newsletter*: http://eepurl.com/3qkfL <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/Q76UVVgINsZhs9xIJZ…> *Maria’s Basketry | intrecci.eu <http://intrecci.eu> * *I have already introduced to you the great work of Maria (my sister) who has taken the craft tradition of my grandfather bringing a lot of innovation and creativity. The result is a unique, high-quality handmade objects. * <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/CPM763763V5JKdVPJt…> *If you are interested in the work of Maria sign up for their newsletter and receive directly in your email her offers. * *newsletter: http://eepurl.com/3qkfL <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/Q76UVVgINsZhs9xIJZ…>* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¡Contratame! Trás mi viaje a Belo Horizonte (Brasil) me espera en marzo un taller en Medellín (Colombia) para el Maśter del *Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales urbam* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/yfQjPACI1763DKz26Z…>. Es bastante probable en la segunda semana de abril vuelva a viajar a Colombia, esta vez a Bogotà para un evento promovido por la *Escuela de Innovación Política* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/KoRavO7ffvtxbwUoue…> con la que estoy colaborando. Si estás pensando en invitarme a algún evento o contratarme para algún proyecto o consultoría grande y pequeña que sea, ponte en contacto conmigo para que lo cuadremos en la agenda. *Hire me!* *After my trip to Belo Horizonte (Brazil) in February I will be in Medellin (Colombia) in March coordinating a workshop for the Centro de Estudios Urbanos y Ambientales urbam <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/yfQjPACI1763DKz26Z…>. It is quite likely that in april I will fly again to Colombia, this time to Bogota, where I will take part in an event related with the Escuela de Innovación Política <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/KoRavO7ffvtxbwUoue…>. * *If you are planning to inviting me to an event or hire me for some large or small project or consulting, please contact me so I can set up my agenda.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mis últimas publicaciones *My recent publications* * <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/zUfhSY3mc7633eMEu0…>**El tiempo y la dimensión digital como elementos esenciales del Habitar* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/zUfhSY3mc7633eMEu0…> * <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/AJu892AjLmo43qNXPo…>**Learning the City and the City as a School* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/AJu892AjLmo43qNXPo…> * <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/e8dEe9CLQHLBDyB640…>**Tactical Urbanism* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/e8dEe9CLQHLBDyB640…> * <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/sDaBqV4k2IStZFkozc…>**Sentient City: ville de la connaissance et Urbanisme Participatif* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/sDaBqV4k2IStZFkozc…> * <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/jNIP5wIIShLUkc8wqV…>* *C* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/jNIP5wIIShLUkc8wqV…>*ome cambia lo spazio pubblico con l'apogeo di internet* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/l/If763W6VUs2LHclnULd81bpg/jNIP5wIIShLUkc8wqV…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hola! Te recuerdo que recibes este mail por ser un contacto de Domenico Di Siena, o en su lugar por haberte suscrito a través de su página web o quizás por haberte descargado uno de sus ebook. Si no quieres recibir más mail te puedes dar de baja *clicando aquí* <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/unsubscribe/TT7639xBHJWecjjQeTe0uzTuITdBqvn28…> . *Hello! First of all I would like to remember you that you are receiving this mail because you are a personal contact of Domenico Di Siena, or instead because you are subscriber from his website or perhaps for having downloaded one of your ebook. You can unsubscribe by clicking here <http://urbanohumano.org/sendy/unsubscribe/TT7639xBHJWecjjQeTe0uzTuITdBqvn28…>.* *¿Como puedes participar? ¿How I can get involved? * *Si tienes algo interesante que contar, enviamelo por email*. Solo una pequeña recomendación: ser breve! 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Fwd: Hangout 2: Please help promote!
by Michel Bauwens 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: caroline(a)thecitizensmedia.com <citizensmedia.cm(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:47 AM Subject: Hangout 2: Please help promote! p.s. thanks Eric and Michael for all your amazing help in pulling this together! Dear <Member> Join us in Hangout 2 <http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/blog/hangout-2-reputationbased-exchange?id=…> of The Great Currency Debate <http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/group/the-great-currency-debate?id=121> as we ask a panel of experts a series of questions that explore the possibility of a values-driven, reputation-based Alternative Currency Exchange. *Watch Trailer <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGBIAjwoxRY>* *When: *March 5th, 9:00 PST; 18:00 CET *Panel:* Michel Bauwens of P2PFoundation.net <http://p2pfoundation.net/>, Leander Bindewald of NewEconomics.org, Art Brock of MetaCurrency.org <http://www.metacurrency.org/>, Edgar Kampers of Qoin.org <http://www.qoin.org/>, Scott Nelson of Dana.io <https://dana.io/>. *Sign-up! <https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cl69tj842bnes1i08b3sqc585uk?authkey=CO39…> *(Link to Hangout on Google+) Look forward to seeing you there. Caroline (Host) -- Email: caroline(a)thecitizensmedia.com Cell: 604-905-9531 Skype: carolinesmalley *Think New. Think Forward.* Authenticity. Community. Equal Opportunity. www.thecitizensmedia.com -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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: Listing your event in Kosmos Newsletter
by Michel Bauwens 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nancy Roof <nancy(a)kosmosjournal.org> Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:06 AM Subject: Listing your event in Kosmos Newsletter To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> Dear MIchel, The new edition of Kosmos Online has arrived - Rebirth in Governance! Learn how you can create a global Act of Peace; Rhonda Fabian interviews Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on the sacred responsibilities of global citizenship; emerging models of participatory governance are explored in a Kosmos Overview, highlighting the work of Tom Atlee and Steven Kull. And much more. http://www.kosmosjournal.org/newsletter/2015-02-24/ We invite you to distribute Kosmos Online to your networks, in loving cooperation. All good wishes, Nancy Roof Publisher, Kosmos Journal www.kosmosjournal.org -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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: [New post] OPEN POWER: Electoral Reform Act of 2015 – Open Source Activist Tool Kit
by Michel Bauwens 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Steele <robert.david.steele.vivas(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 9:51 AM Subject: Fwd: [New post] OPEN POWER: Electoral Reform Act of 2015 – Open Source Activist Tool Kit To: Robert Steele <Robert.David.Steele.Vivas(a)gmail.com> If any of you are willing to risk $2.99 for my first Kindle book, am eager to get feedback. I paid just over $100 for a professional mobi file and want to know what you think. Of course I would be honored to have you also review it -- and if you are not a kindle kind of person, I will gladly send you the word version in return for a review. Briefing it in Portland on Saturday, trying to get a tiny bit of buzz between now and then. Love to you all -- I have not given up on the USA, but I do despair sometimes. Editor posted: " This is my first Kindle book, published in conjunction with my briefing it to the Economics of Happiness Conference in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 2015. Below is the full description of the book. Amazon provides Look Inside including the Table of Co" New post on *Public Intelligence Blog* <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?author=2> OPEN POWER: Electoral Reform Act of 2015 – Open Source Activist Tool Kit <http://www.phibetaiota.net/2015/02/open-power-electoral-reform-act-of-2015-…> by Editor <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?author=2> [image: Amazon Page] <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00U0LS9HK/ossnet-20> Amazon Page This is my first Kindle book, published in conjunction with my briefing it to the Economics of Happiness Conference in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 2015 <http://tinyurl.com/OpenPower>. Below is the full description of the book. Amazon provides Look Inside including the Table of Contents. Micah Sifry says it best in his new book, *The Big Disconnect* <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00OEGVORY/ossnet-20>, when he outlines how all activists are as fragmented and ineffective today as they were in the 1960's. -- the two-party duopology and the 42 billionaires behind that two-party duopology have successfully "channeled" all activist groups -- including MoveOn and IndependentVoting.org and the Libertarians and the Greens. Everyone is obsessed with "their" hashtag, "their" micro-issues. However well-intentioned they might be, the fact is that we are hanging separately for failure to come together on the ONE THING that we can both all support, and also win: #ElectoralReform. Read more of this post <http://www.phibetaiota.net/2015/02/open-power-electoral-reform-act-of-2015-…> *Editor <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?author=2>* | February 25, 2015 at 9:32 pm | Categories: #Events <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?taxonomy=category&term=events>, Civil Society <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?taxonomy=category&term=civil-society>, Cultural Intelligence <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?taxonomy=category&term=cultural-intelligence>, Ethics <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?taxonomy=category&term=ethics>, Government <http://www.phibetaiota.net/?taxonomy=category&term=government> | URL: http://wp.me/p5sNjR-sz7 Unsubscribe <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=81bcd5cd60fd6d305117e15af2c51266&email…> to no longer receive posts from Public Intelligence Blog. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=81bcd5cd60fd6d305117e15af2c51266&email…>. *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.phibetaiota.net/2015/02/open-power-electoral-reform-act-of-2015-… -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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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-state-of-insecurity
by Michel Bauwens 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Waterman <peterwaterman1936(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:14 PM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] VersoBooks.com To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://www.versobooks.com/books/1737-state-of-insecurity?utm_source=Master+… _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: <nettime> The hope of the democratic monster, between Syriza and Podemos
by Michel Bauwens 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Orsan Senalp <orsan1234(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:11 PM Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: <nettime> The hope of the democratic monster, between Syriza and Podemos To: networkedlabour(a)lists.contrast.org Begin forwarded message: *Resent-From:* nettime(a)kein.org *From:* nettime's avid reader <nettime(a)kein.org> *Date:* 23 Feb 2015 18:52:15 GMT+2 *Resent-To:* Nettime <nettime-l(a)kein.org> *To:* nettime-l(a)mx.kein.org *Subject:* *<nettime> The hope of the democratic monster, between Syriza and Podemos* The hope of the democratic monster, between Syriza and Podemos Antonio Negri / Raúl Sánchez Cedillo Translated from Spanish by Kelly Mulvaney http://transversal.at/blog/The-hope-of-the-democratic-m “A spectre is haunting Europe”. The Italian newspaper Il Manifesto used this headline a few days ago for its homepage, commenting on the visits of Tsipras and Varoufakis to European governments. A real nightmare for the ordoliberal Germans, a Geisterfahrer, to be precise, a suicidal conductor looking to collide with the European bus, as Der Spiegel described on its front page. Imagine what could happen with the victory of Podemos in Spain: what a magnificent spectre would then be seen lurking about, a real monster created by the exploited and the productive forces of the fourth European economy! In just a few weeks, election rounds will begin in Spain, and the mantra of the European governments will be repeated, with double the force, in an attempt to frighten Spanish citizens. Let us prepare ourselves. With the certainty that the arrogance of the bad omens of this propaganda will be defeated. But in the meantime, let us prepare ourselves: What could Podemos say about Europe? Conscious of the temporal and political acceleration that the victory of Syriza has imposed, the discourse of Podemos on Europe is, on the one hand, informed by a sincere solidarity and high regard for the victory of the democrats in Greece, while it consists, on the other hand, in prudent judgment – Tsipras’ line could fail in the brief interval that separates it from the Spanish elections. But prudency is not the same as ambiguity. Indeed, it is obvious that nothing would be more dangerous than an ambiguous position, not only with respect to the negotiation that has been started between Greece and Europe, but above all with respect to the policies promoted until now by the Europe of the Troika. Any ambiguity on this point must be eliminated – and so it has been in practice, if we are to judge based on what we have seen in recent months: two Europes exist and it is necessary to position oneself in one or the other. The knowing population is aware that to win in Europe is possible only in light of a front already opened by Syriza that now has to expand in Europe. The politics of debt, issues related to sovereignty and the Atlantic question can only be considered in the European space. It was expected that there would be great attentiveness – and so we begin to test it – to the tactical proposals and the politics of the economic-financial team of Syriza. Irrespective of value judgments about the proposals, they signaled a plan for transnational cooperation and an abandonment of the anti-European demagoguery of the “old” leftists, a demagoguery that, in any case, has never been strong in Podemos. Of course, Syriza’s bet is formulated in terms of defending national sovereignty (“against the Troika”, “against Merkel”, etc.), but in practice it implies a fairly evident acceptance of a political intervention within and against the Union as it is currently directed. In this sense, the primary option now is that of a coalition of the PIIGS and the forces of a new left to overturn the status quo of the Union. At the same time, this appears to be the only option available to Podemos for winning the elections. Let us try to consider things in more depth. Until now the confrontation in Europe has taken shape between a neo-Bismarckian Europe, neoliberal and fundamentally conservative, and a democratic Europe, constituent and fundamentally attentive to the needs of workers, impoverished middle classes and precarious or unemployed youth, women, immigrants and refugees – the excluded, old and new. An alternative so to speak, because departing from the crisis of 2008, the Bismarckian Europe imposed itself forcefully, leaving for the other Europe a marginal space, of protest and at times even cries of despair. Nevertheless, when the situation appeared to remain strictly closed for the claims of justice and the revolts against misery, the alternative presented itself – starting in Greece. Now the task is to affirm it and organize it precisely in the areas where a reactionary initiative has imposed itself – where the attempt has been made to drown Hercules from popular rescue. The first question, the first difficulty, is that of debt. The Europe of the Troika wants to make the European multitudes pay the debt, and the ability to pay this debt becomes the yardstick of democracy and the degree of Europeanism. But all those who are moving in a democratic front think, on the contrary, that this yardstick is insulting because the debts charged to the people today were in fact incurred by those who governed over the years. These debts have fattened the ruling classes, not only through corruption, tax evasion or fiscal favors, insane arms expenditures and industrial policies that do not benefit labor, but moreover by subjecting it to the logic of financial rent and imposing precarity and suffocating uncertainty on forms of life. Each man, each woman, each worker has had to plead guilty of a debt, of a financial gravamen for which they were not responsible. The moment has arrived to say aloud that it was not the citizens, but the masters of power, the men of the neoliberal project, the politics of the “center”, of the “grand coalitions” – more extreme and exclusive each time – it has been they who have created a debt from which they have appropriated for themselves and for which they are demanding an undue refund. Against this servile condition for the people (not only for the people of the South of Europe, but also those of Central Europe and all of Eastern Europe) the new left, through Syriza, is asking for rescue – a European conference on debt, that is, a constituent venue for a new system of solidarity, for the establishment of new criteria of measurement and fiscal cooperation and for labor policies. Podemos can bring huge support to this project. We all know that behind these topics lies a project of deep transformation of social relations. One more time, of Europe and in Europe a project of liberty, of equality, of solidarity – a project that we can call antifascist, because it repeats the passion and the force of the struggles of the Resistance. The alliance between Podemos and Syriza, and the impulse to merge into this alliance addressed to all of the new European lefts, can construct a model – a model for a democratic Union, based on solidarity beyond and against the market. Departing from this foundation, the only fiscal policy that can be made is one of reducing or abolishing the debt that has been consolidated until now and establishing and standardizing, for the future, progressive fiscal criteria in the whole Eurozone. The central themes of the welfare state – education, medical assistance, pension systems and housing policies, but also domestic labor and care work – can be developed uniformly at the European level, accompanying the great innovation of a decent basic income, generalized and uniform. All of this opens a constituent battle in those places where new rights of solidarity can be recognized, where the common becomes a central element of social-economic organization. But to win on these issues requires indicating the field of struggle: this only can be the European space in its totality. Which brings us to the central topic, around which many misunderstandings have accumulated: the cession of sovereignty. There have already been transfers of sovereignty, and these have always been made in favor of the neo-Bismarckian powers of financial capitalism. Demagogically attacking these cessions of sovereignty, nationalist rights are being born and developing dangerously in Europe. And yet it is strange how these positions can sometimes be made out (or that they are regarded with favor) amongst members of Syriza, Podemos and other forces of the “new Europe” that is forming. We must be clear on this point: each of the countries that has entered the Union, and even more so those that have entered the Euro, no longer have full sovereignty. And this is good, for it was behind national sovereignty that each and every one of the tragedies of modernity unfurled. If we want to continue speaking of sovereignty in a modern (and classical) sense, that is to say, of a power “in the last instance”, we must be clear that this is increasingly identified with Frankfurt, with the tower of the ECB. Our situation is characterized by the reign of a dangerous duplicity. We must recognize this: we need Frankfurt, a European currency, if we do not want to fall prey to the powers of global finance, to the politics of the United States or other continental giants that are asserting themselves against Europe; but we must also recover Frankfurt for democracy, to impose on it the reasoning of the people – and Frankfurt should be stormed by Europe: first by the movements and then, gradually, by the majority of the European democracies and by a European Parliament transformed into a constituent assembly. With globalization the centrality of a monetary governance of continental zones was imposed everywhere – and Europe is one of these continental zones. It is impossible to imagine a political battle more essential than that leading towards democratic control of the European currency. This is the storming of the Bastille today. Moreover, it is clear that merely raising the issue of control over the monetary and political vertex of Europe, and insisting on the dissolution of the old monocratic sovereignties could open up, in a productive manner, the topic of federalism, which is another essential step in the construction of a new Europe. Federalism: not only one that wants the European nations to recompose themselves in a constituent dialogue, but also, and above all, an articulation of all the nations, of all the populations and languages that want to feel culturally and politically autonomous, within a unitary framework, that is to say, a federal one. It is not only the PIIGS who want this; there are Scotland, Catalonia, the Basque Country and all the other regions that demand autonomy and an effective ability to decide on their social and political constitution. Federalism will be a key to the construction of Europe. The issue of sovereignty can only be raised and used in terms of plurality, subscribing to the dynamics that articulate a forthright federalism for the years to come. Here we see once again that only the left – the new left that departs from the democratic radicality of the emerging movements of struggle and organizes itself along emancipatory lines (Syriza and Podemos) – can impose the European Union not as an instrument of dominion but as a democratic goal. Left-Europe-democratic radicality: this dispositive is becoming increasingly important for defining the defense of working-class interests and for emancipation of the population from poverty. There is a long and dirty tradition of left-sovereigntists that must be ended, just as we must defeat the populist experiences that use national sentiments and transform them into fascist (nationalist, identitarian, isolationist) impulses. Only a europeanist left, deeply transformed by the democratic radicality of the emergent movements against austerity, can construct a democratic Europe. Here, another problem emerges, which we can call the “Atlantic question” – it is a problem often evaded or excluded from debate, as if it were obvious that the process of European unification must necessarily develop under the watchful protection of the United States of America. Europe was promoted within the antifascist Resistance in order to overcome the wars that until the middle of the century had destroyed it and impoverished and humiliated its populations. Against this condition, the first elements of a European discourse were construed during the post-war era in Europe and during the transición in Spain, with the knowledge that peace signified the possibility of democracy, whereas war has always signified fascism and militarism. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, European unity also lost its characteristic as a last front against the Soviet world and Russian expansionism. In this way, the goal of a European Union has re-centered and re-organized itself around a framework of civilization, own juridical structures and autonomy in a global environment. But now Europe is surrounded by wars. The entire Mediterranean, deeply integrated not only to the south, but also to all of Europe by movements of migration and critical relationships of energy policy and commercial exchange, is crossed by a single line of war, by fascisms and dictatorships. It is a line that extends all the way to the Middle East and makes Europe an actor dangerously exposed to armed movements that are of global importance and have global leadership. Furthermore, on the Eastern border of Europe a senseless war is developing between Russian-speaking populations, with responsibilities that should be referred to questions of global control that contradict the interests of European populations. From this perspective, the sovereignty of Europe – no longer the imagined sovereignty of each country, but the real sovereignty of a Union that is constructing itself – is projected onto NATO and usurped by it. This is the true cession of sovereignty borne by the European populations! When Tsipras poses, in a symbolic manner, the necessity of dealing with this problem, he touches on a fundamental seam of the European structures. In so doing he introduces a problem to which we should respond, without putting ourselves under the illusion that it could be resolved immediately, but also without negating its existence and its central impact. What we refer to is the relationship of the Union with peace or war, with a peace not only inside Europe, but also at its borders. Moreover, it is immediately clear that the Atlantic question is not a problem concerning only peace and war: it is an issue of peace and war tracing back to the system of control and/or of command over the productive and financial structures of Europe itself. In order to not be hypocritical, to speak clearly and to give further impetus to the processes of constructing a political force of the European left, we will again put some questions on the table that cannot be left unasked. What does Podemos say or do about immigration, about refugees? But also – repeating ourselves and making our question more precise – about NATO, about the regional conflicts underway in the limes of the Union? If these topics are considered “misfires” in the electoral realm, is it necessary to avoid them and/or to respond with rhetorical exercises to get by? No, not at all: it is very difficult to adopt the slogan “first we take power, then we discuss the program” in this domain. The topics of peace and war cannot be considered secondary. To take positions on them means to unambiguously clarify the fundamental orientation of the group leading Podemos not only with respect to questions of peace and war, but also on issues that refer to reform and a constituent project that affects all of Europe. The courage and seriousness with which Tsipras has laid out the whole context of topics that are now important for the construction of a Europe outside of the Troika are the same that can allow us to also outline a dispositive “outside of NATO”. The movements and governments of a new left know that they have to take on these issues as central. Without ambiguities and conscious that the same global conjuncture can now contribute to their solution. In fact, what the citizens of the world are asking for at this point is a democratic Europe in an ensemble of the new global reality, because Europe is seen as a reality that can renew a democratic tradition with a long trajectory, taking advantage of the light that Syriza and Podemos have lit, as hope for reform and moving beyond capitalism. The European movements want to be included in the continental political initiative that the Podemos-Syriza axis can create/is creating in the European space. This initiative constitutes in particular a point of attraction for the new lefts and the new democratic radicality in formation in the south of the Union. The rhythm as much as the degree of articulation of this process will depend on the current course of the government of Syriza and on the electoral success of Podemos. We all can (podemos) organize a constituent rupture in the European space # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime(a)kein.org _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list NetworkedLabour(a)lists.contrast.org http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan 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: We need your help
by Michel Bauwens 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

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Re: [P2P-F] death by social media
by Eric Hunting 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

I noticed this trend some years ago, to my own despair. I first noticed it in the way, month by month, the quality of many mailing list discussions deteriorated and then fell mostly silent. I noticed it in how I encountered increasingly vitriolic responses to posts on any topic that exceeded more than a single paragraph. The act of reading was becoming an ever-worsening imposition, making coherent on-line discussion increasingly difficult. In space advocacy forums, people would complain about how no one ever presented any 'plans' for doing anything then, when those plans were posted, those same people would complain about being expected to read them--like you were supposed to reduce every highly technical discussion to a bullet list. Increasingly, mailing list based groups moved to Facebook pages on the premise that this was now where all the people were, which was true, but when my own forums went there I cautioned that the mode of use compelled by the Facebook interface was tailored to mobile devices and didn't allow for any form of coherent discussion. You could see this in how crude its text editing was, and how quickly you hit the wall in character count. It was a 'browsing' platform--a form originating in bulletin board and news aggregator sites--prone to what I call 'browser's syndrome'; a cyclic scanning of 'news' in small chunks that creates a sort of hypnotic state which is disrupted by text that compels active conscious thought. It's a way of coping with an overwhelming volume of information by applying a kind of compartmentalization and rhythm to its assimilation. In effect, when people seemed to act compulsively angrily at any long post it was because they were responding to it the way a commuter does when encountering a traffic jam. It breaks the rhythm of the browsing routine. Disrupts the flow. Demands attention when people really want that steady thought-quelling rhythm of news-bytes, like the rocking of a cradle, or maybe the drum beat of the hortator... I worried that a lot of these groups would be killed by going to Facebook, their subject matter too sophisticated for such structure, and I was proved right. But what could you do? Facebook had all the eyeballs and it didn't so much shape the trend as conform to it. Personal computing itself was shifting from big screens to small. The ergonomics of reading was being changed to suit. Facebook's appeal rests in the still intractable problem of the internet's vast scale and 'structurelessness', which relates to the limitations of the search engine to function as a coherent internet front-end. Facebook sort of crudely solves today the problem the Semantic Web is intended to solve some time in the future--and which used to be characterized by past futurists in the idea of the 'personalized electronic daily newspaper'. I used to describe UNIX as being like visiting Tokyo during a blackout--having to navigate a vast city by flashlight. This is pretty-much what the Internet has long been like; passive, invisible, waiting for you to make some effort to go in and explore it with some collection of tools like a spelunker. You can't really do anything useful with, or get benefit from, the internet until you've established a kind of sub-net of your own into it that you can navigate, more-or-less, in a routine. This is what the features of web browsers were, crudely, about; creating default entry points into the net, giving you a memory of frequently used locations. News aggregators, like Reddit, emerged as a means to pool effort into making the internet more visible through a sort of centralized community window organized by topics, replacing the flashlight with a spotlight. As these became larger they became a kind of push-information front-end to the newest information on-line that you could brows like a newspaper. Facebook offers a kind of personalized push-info view into a certain portion of the internet--albeit rather crude. That personal electronic newspaper spit out of your combination toaster/coffeemaker/computer. You could argue it's what the web browser itself was really supposed to evolve into but didn't. Recently, analysts have discovered that, in many countries, large numbers of people can't tell the difference between the internet and Facebook because they don't really understand the relationship between the two. They will deny being 'internet users' while being avid Facebook users. They think they're two completely different things; the internet a 'computer thing' and Facebook what you use on a smartphone. Facebook has become a kind of Windows OS over the Internet (often, people's first interaction with it), with people no longer cognizant there's still something like DOS underneath. Facebook may command the biggest mainstream mass of eyeballs, but it's a fundamentally inadequate communication medium and I think that will succumb to other media concepts in time. We're in a phase now where real competitors haven't yet been invented because developers of alternatives are still reacting to its scale and 'corporateness' rather than its form and structural and functional inadequacies as a communications medium. The form itself is not yet getting questioned. It's who's running it that people object to. The ironic thing about Facebook is that, for a social media platform, it's not really very much about social communication. It's really more of a short-form news/blog aggregator. It's still just another kind of bulletin board. On 2/22/15 10:02 AM, p2p-foundation-request(a)lists.ourproject.org wrote: > Death by Ten Billion Status Updates > > > How Facebook Killed the Internet > > by DAVID ROVICS > > Facebook killed the internet, and I’m pretty sure that the vast > majority of people didn’t even notice. > > I can see the look on many of your faces, and hear the thoughts. > /Someone’s complaining about Facebook again. Yes, I know it’s a > massive corporation, but it’s the platform we’re all using. It’s like > complaining about Starbucks. After all the independent cafes have > been driven out of town and you’re an espresso addict, what to do? > What do you mean “killed”? What was killed?/ > > I’ll try to explain. I’ll start by saying that I don’t know what the > solution is. But I think any solution has to start with solidly > identifying the nature of the problem. > > First of all, Facebook killed the internet, but if it wasn’t Facebook, > it would have been something else. The evolution of social media was > probably as inevitable as the development of cell phones that could > surf the internet. It was the natural direction for the internet to > go in. > > Which is why it’s so especially disturbing. Because the solution is > not Znet or Ello. The solution is not better social media, better > algorithms, or social media run by a nonprofit rather than a > multibillion-dollar corporation. Just as the solution to the social > alienation caused by everybody having their own private car is not > more electric vehicles. Just as the solution to the social alienation > caused by everyone having their own cell phone to stare at is not a > collectively-owned phone company. > > Many people from the grassroots to the elites are thrilled about the > social media phenomenon. Surely some of the few people who will read > this are among them. We throw around phrases like “Facebook > revolution” and we hail these new internet platforms that are bringing > people together all over the world. And I’m not suggesting they don’t > have their various bright sides. Nor am I suggesting you should stop > using social media platforms, including Facebook. That would be like > telling someone in Texas they should bike to work, when the whole > infrastructure of every city in the state is built for sports utility > vehicles. > -- Eric Hunting erichunting(a)gmail.com

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