very strongly recommend this essay summarizing where the world system is coming from , and where it is at now how would you place p2p/commons developments in the context of the failing world system and the 'world revolution of 1968', in the words of author immanuel wallerstein: http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2011-04-29-wallerstein-en.html -- 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/