[P2P-F] [Networkedlabour] Transnational and P2P Commons Transitions

Michel Bauwens michel at p2pfoundation.net
Sat Aug 2 11:23:23 CEST 2014


dear Orsan,

we have a community development list within the p2p-f, I think that perhaps
this is the best place to advance the governance work,

I think that Stacco is motivated to advance this work as well, and he can
tell you how far we have gotten,

Michel


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:20 AM, Örsan Şenalp <orsan1234 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Certainly agree that it is time to advance this work.
>
> I think the working on such exercises and ideas on developed protocols
> on an open page, may be including interested from lists and networks
> on the topic, sounds like a good idea. In tandem with the debate on
> licences and partner state, it would be very complementary. So I would
> be happy to collaborate on that.
>
> May be an idea to have one page for inner-governance, one for between
> p2p governed distributed networks, and one between distributed/p2p and
> vertical agency interactions?
>
> Orsan
>
>
> On 28 July 2014 08:01, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
> > Dear Orsan,
> >
> > it is precisely for this reason that we parted with flok
> >
> > in the longer term, we need to find and focus on the protocols that are
> > necessary to retain equipotentiality in a network ...
> >
> > perhaps we could work together on identifying those rules ?
> >
> > it has been on the back of my mind for a few years, see
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Hierarchy_Theory and
> > http://www.diigo.com/user/mbauwens/Protocollary-Power ..
> >
> > It seems to me that the work of Stephen Downes would be a great starting
> > point ..
> >
> >
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Hierarchy_Theory?search=stephen+downes&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=1
> >
> > for example:
> >
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/Democratic_Institutional_Design /
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/Knowing_Networks
> >
> > so my proposal is to have a joint page where we can jot down the rules
> that
> > maintain true distribution of power
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > <<>From the communist manifesto to first international, from Erfurt and
> > Gotha to Comintern the discussion between theses and factions, being
> > formed among groups of friends, based on one important but small
> > faction or an entirely new frame of theoretical-analytical
> > abstraction, took the conflicts between individuals and caused strong
> > and irreversible demarcations between sppousedly emancipatory visions
> > and energies.. May be most of the time very stupid reasons, like
> > money, girl, ego casued these we can't now...  Then we (emancipatory
> > peopel) had reproduced the power games of rulers -can be traced easily
> > in the tone of writings of Marx, Engels, Luxembourg, Kautsky, Lenin,
> > Proudhon, Bakunin,... the spirit of the time is gaining respect and
> > authority for argument was full fledged attacks on personality.. plus
> > whatever possible, as may be a result of structural possibilities
> > limiting communication. It killed the true spirit of
> > revolution/emancipation as well as prevented prefigurative ethical
> > politics as such. In my opinion this made it possible for the rulers
> > to survive and evolve into capitalist class agency for itself and gave
> > them advantage. Since they saw that their grave digger were also like
> > them.. since we did reproduce the capitalist form of power
> > accumulation. It is not possible in the same way today, p2p mode of
> > communication allows more open confrontations and conflict resolution
> > processes, egalitarian and ethical - prefigurative relationships, as
> > well as checks and balances. Still there are ways and tricks to gain
> > network power and use it against the 'lower order' nodes? so on these
> > weaknesses there is a work to do. Yet the structurally speaking it is
> > not impossible to solve these problems today>>
> >
> > --
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> record
> > of previous communication, proposals, etc ..
> >
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