Dear Kevin, I need extra assistance while I'm in the US, it's important we carry the following article also on the p2p blog, see #mustread: "Uber’s emergence as a useful data repository no urban planners want to miss is in line with the broader ideology of solutionism espoused by Silicon Valley. Technology companies, having grabbed one of the most precious contemporary resources – data – now have the leverage over cash-strapped and unimaginative governments, pitching themselves as inevitable, benevolent saviours to the dull bureaucrats inside city administrations." http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/01/cities-need-to-fight-ub... -- 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/