[P2P-F] FW: Blogpost: Applying the ICT Lessons of Revolt to the Institutional Challenges of Reconstruction: They overthrew Hosni Mubarek, Now Can They Overthrow Robert Michels?

[Paul B. Hartzog]

Yes,
as a complex systems scholar,
my take ended up here

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/misrepresenting-complex-systems/2011/02/15

-p

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pedro,
>
> I follow Zeynep closely and we've covered this particular entry in our blog
> as well,
>
> these are if you will, the two sides of the same coin, and do not
> necesseraly contradict each other,
>
> Michael points out the real changes that took place through the use of these
> media, and their further potential, while Zeynep points to the dangers  that
> do not just come from outside, but from within the peer to peer dynamic
> itself
>
> from the blog,
>
> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/preferential-attachment-in-p2p-networks-is-that-really-the-issue/2011/02/21
>
> but especially this:
>
> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/debating-the-iron-law-of-bureaucracy-and-the-power-law-knowing-networks-as-an-alternative-to-scale-free-networks/2011/02/18
>
> Paul Hartzog also had a comment on this,
>
> Michel
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Pedro Gioya <pg at institutodeliderazgo.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>> Look at this post on the same issue but with different  perspective (Sure
>> you know, but anyway....)
>> http://technosociology.org/?p=366
>>
>> Pedro
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Michel Bauwens
>> To: Michael Gurstein
>> Cc: p2p-foundation ; Dougald Hine
>> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [P2P-F] FW: Blogpost: Applying the ICT Lessons of Revolt to
>> the Institutional Challenges of Reconstruction: They overthrew Hosni
>> Mubarek, Now Can They Overthrow Robert Michels?
>> This is really brilliant Michael and I warmly recommend it to our
>> listmembers,
>>
>> Michel
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:11 AM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Michel,
>>>
>>> I think this is one that you will find interesting...
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>> http://wp.me/pJQl5-5Z
>>>
>>> "In this, I think that the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have access
>>> to
>>> skills and resources which were unavailable to earlier movements that
>>> is-the
>>> Internet, social networking, mobile telephony and perhaps most important,
>>> the experience and knowledge of how to use these in support of collective
>>> social ends."
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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