Hi Michel, Hi p2pf'ers
did you come across materials laying out a synthesis of very specific characteristics and requirements
around what I am tempted to call "critical networks" ?
Perhaps there is some other name for this ?
I think of "critical network" as distinctive from, yet potentially including , the concept of "critical mass".
In the way I envision it,
"Critical Network" where the required "critical" properties for an operational or emergent networked system may not merely be a mass of users,
but specific properties ( such as measurable forms of reciprocity, physical location, resources, knowledge and skills, or other variables ) related to the constituents and context for specific intentional "process economies" to be enabled.
Including the mode of access to resources required for specific kinds of emergence.
I want to understand ( and have access to examples of ) various characteristics required to facilitate and multiply "local process economies" for viable and convivial living systems
as to document step by step strategy proposals,
not merely in a "enclosed" / monetized approach,
but rather within a larger wealth acknowledgment system
towards communal sharing in intentional economic networks.
I put an emphasis on understanding "starting points" for ( at first small scale )
"critical networks".
I can find inspiration in homebrew revolutions ( and examples such as e-farm , open manufacturing, ... ),
but also recommendations related to the set up of "transition towns"
I can also find inspiration in ( reading excerpts online )
of books such as
and the p2p urbanism and p2pf blog , wiki and lists.
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What I wish, is to define requirements more accurately,
offering post-industrial alternatives to sometimes publicly supported "gentrification urban development models" ( which I observe here in Brussels too ),
that seem to be aligned or inspired by Richard Florida's Creative Class approach of development
I am also particularly interested in converging such understanding into building up "games" ,
and use such games as a form of synthesis practice to empower "critical networks"
for a intentional information and communication framework,
with incentives and related metrics, empowering collective intelligence and collaborative action.
I am aware such question may open up a large conceptual map, including the ones already layed out by you and p2pf peers.
I am interested in condensing it, into specifics, specific step by step examples.
e-farm may offer an example.
I want to know where and how to focus/aggregate attention as first steps,
"real games".
For the moment, I consider "Housing Cooperatives" and "Group Purchasing Organizations" as starting points in post-industrial frameworks, as some first aggregator layers, on which to build other relational dynamics around food and housing.
and then alternative currencies and wealth acknowledgment systems supporting more and more complex transaction potentials.
I also like the approach of learning spaces as aggregators for bringing together "Critical Network" requirements and development practices, such as the "University" project promoted by Dougald :
Perhaps some of you read ( I did not ) the "integral city" book.
Is there a comprehensive list of requirements set out ?
Also , what are the capital requirements for such kind of "ventures",
as to converge or purchase infrastructure requirements to enable the functioning of a critical network for a p2p resilient and convivial civilization of collaborative individualists?
In addition to development practices,
I wish to outline all of these requirement into modules,
that help define the costs on a context based approach for
"business plans", packaged and sold as "use value insurance" ...