[P2P-F] How the 'ecosystem' myth has been used for sinister means

Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Mon May 30 07:30:18 CEST 2011


it's great to tease out the right-libertarian influences on cyber-systems
and culture, these are very real, but it's only part of the story, while
Randian philosophy focuses on a minority of heroes in a mass of sheep;
others have wanted to help all sheep; in other words, cyberculture is
equally influenced by egalitarian dreams, not just elitist ones ...

Michel

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com>wrote:

> How the 'ecosystem' myth has been used for sinister means - Adam
> Curtis - Guardian
>
> When, in the 1920s, a botanist and a field marshal dreamed up rival
> theories of nature and society, no one could have guessed their ideas
> would influence the worldview of 70s hippies and 21st-century protest
> movements. But their faith in self-regulating systems has a sinister
> history
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/29/adam-curtis-ecosystems-tansley-smuts
>
> Episode 1 of his current documentary is up on youtube
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5jImWRREc
>
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