HOLD ALL YOUR HORSES, Adam Arvidsson's (et al.) analysis of 3 years of P2P Value research, with the P2P Foundation as one of the 8 partners, has been published: https://www.academia.edu/…/Commons_Based_Peer_Production_in… <https://www.academia.edu/29210209/Commons_Based_Peer_Production_in_the_Information_Economy> Amongst the conclusions , ONE, " CBPP is part of a broader transformation in the information economy whereby collaboration and common knowledge have come to play an ever more important part in value creation. This development has roots that go back to the industrial revolution in the 19th century and it has been greatly accelerated by the diffusion of digital media. CBPP or CBPP like modes of production have become a core component to the contemporary information economy as a whole." Conclusion 2: CBPP occurs in highly particular kinds of communities. They are not kept together by frequent interaction or a tight web of social relations. Instead they are kept together by sharing a common imaginary that posits a transformative potential on the part of the particular practice to which these communities are dedicated. Conclusion 3: Contributions to this potential through technical skills and/or virtuous conduct is rewarded with reputation. Reputation is the form of that exchange value takes in CBPP communities, it is the 'fictious commodity' typical to CBPP. Reputation is also the most important value form that structures transactions between CBPP and other institutional logics, such as that of markets, capitalism and the state. Conclusion 4: The value of reputation lies in its ability to give a proximate measure to risk.The fact that value is principally related to risk means that CBPP communities operate a value logic that mirror that of financial markets. first comments by myself: hi Adam, I hope this is close to the uncensored version I've read <g>; GREAT ANALYSYS that was, hoping to re-read it in this version 1) the fact that these are imaginary communities is very important, since this echoes the emergence of the nation state (benedict anderson) 2) reputation is part of a new value regime, even if it mirrors what financial markets are doing very badly 3) in the other document, you wrote that 85% of studied communities practices new forms of contributory accounting, also a very strong sign of new value regimes (see the book 'double entry' for the previous shift) -- 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/