Hi Pedro, I follow Zeynep closely and we've covered this particular entry in our blog as well, these are if you will, the two sides of the same coin, and do not necesseraly contradict each other, Michael points out the real changes that took place through the use of these media, and their further potential, while Zeynep points to the dangers that do not just come from outside, but from within the peer to peer dynamic itself from the blog, http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/preferential-attachment-in-p2p-networks-is-tha... but especially this: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/debating-the-iron-law-of-bureaucracy-and-the-p... Paul Hartzog also had a comment on this, Michel On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Pedro Gioya <[email protected]>wrote:
Hi Look at this post on the same issue but with different perspective (Sure you know, but anyway....) http://technosociology.org/?p=366
Pedro
----- Original Message ----- *From:* Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> *To:* Michael Gurstein <[email protected]> *Cc:* p2p-foundation <[email protected]> ; Dougald Hine<[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, February 28, 2011 6:52 PM *Subject:* Re: [P2P-F] FW: Blogpost: Applying the ICT Lessons of Revolt to the Institutional Challenges of Reconstruction: They overthrew Hosni Mubarek, Now Can They Overthrow Robert Michels?
This is really brilliant Michael and I warmly recommend it to our listmembers,
Michel
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:11 AM, Michael Gurstein <[email protected]>wrote:
Michel,
I think this is one that you will find interesting...
M
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