you are right that the general assumption is for 'public' to be centralized (unless you mean they also include my qualifications?), but I think we can challenge that assumption, and consider the 'public' to be quite diverse in its possible formats,

Michel

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:44 AM, jmp <m.pedersen@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:


On 12/10/11 19:54, Michel Bauwens wrote:
> Martin, is a public utility necessarily centralized (or undemocratic ), I
> don't think so; of course, even if it were, we should not automatically
> fetishize distributed structures ... it's a question of balance or
> 'subsidiarity' ...

For sure, but the term "public" normally means that, no?

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