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What is P2P and how might it enable us to transcend capitalism? http://commonstransition.org/peer-to-peer-a-commons-manifesto/ h/t: @P2P_Foundation
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What is Peer to Peer, and why is it essential for a post-capitalist future?
These are the questions tackled by Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis and Alex Pazaitis in their just-launched book: “Peer to Peer: A Commons Manifesto”.
Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capitalist society has there been a more profound transformation of the fundamentals of our social life. As capitalism faces a series of structural crises, Bauwens, Kostakis and Pazaitis claim a new social, political and economic dynamic is emerging: peer to peer.
They describe peer to peer as both a type of social relations in human networks, as well as a technological infrastructure that makes the generalization and scaling up of such relations possible. Thus, they claim, peer to peer enables a new mode of production and creates the potential for a transition to a commons-oriented economy beyond capitalism.
If you are curious how the current political economy around capital, state and nation could be transformed to one based on:
- new ecosystems between productive communities sharing common resources
- generative market mechanisms that work for these communities and state forms
- public authorities which enable and empower the autonomy of individuals and
communities, through public-commons partnerships
You can order, or download the book (for free) via: http://commonstransition.org/peer-to-peer-a-commons-manifesto/
#PostGrowthAlliance submission by: @P2PFoundation
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