[P2P-F] [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: Update from the Office of Jeremy Rifkin

Wed Apr 8 18:24:51 CEST 2015

I consider both these comments unnecessarily negative. Disagreement is one thing, which I hope is welcomed as inevitable where diversity exists. But those deprecating remarks are intended to wound. They do not offer any grounds for open discussion. 

On 8 Apr 2015, at 16:50, Bob Haugen <bob.haugen at gmail.com> wrote:

Actually, I thought it was interesting where he was going with his
schtick. I had not kept up. Rifkin and Merkel! What a couple!

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:46 AM, peter waterman
<peterwaterman1936 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Anna,
> 
> I would have thought he was really on top of his self-publicity operation
> and needed little extra from you.
> 
> Best,
> 
> P
> 
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>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Anna Harris <anna at shsh.co.uk> wrote:
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>> From: Office of Jeremy Rifkin <ojr at foet.org>
>> Date: 8 April 2015 06:05:23 BST
>> To: anna at shsh.co.uk
>> Subject: Update from the Office of Jeremy Rifkin
>> Reply-To: ojr at foet.org
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>> "Art and The End of Capitalism"
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>> "Jeremy Rifkin has diagnosed the beginning of the end of the capitalist
>> era, and artists are part of the prescription for a healthy, collaborative
>> future"
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>> Click here to see the full article from
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>> Jeremy Rifkin Presents the Keynote Address at the European Investment
>> Bank's "Momentum For Europe - Innovation and Competitiveness" Event
>> On March 2nd, 2015 Jeremy Rifkin joined Angela Merkel, The Chancellor of
>> Germany, Jean-Claude Juncker, The President of the European Commission, and
>> Werner Hoyer, The President of the European Investment Bank, in Berlin,
>> Germany to deliver the opening keynote address at the European Investment
>> Bank conference on "Momentum for Europe-Innovation and Competitiveness". Mr.
>> Rifkin presented a bold new plan for the next stage of the European journey:
>> The build-out and scale-up of an Internet of Things infrastructure for a
>> Digital Europe and the transition to a Third Industrial Revolution.
>> 
>> Mr. Rifkin argued that the Digital Europe transition will revolutionize
>> every commercial sector, disrupt the workings of virtually every industry,
>> bring with it unprecedented new economic opportunities, put millions of
>> people back to work, and create a more sustainable post-carbon society to
>> mitigate climate change.
>> 
>> 
>> Click Here To See Mr. Rifkin's Interview with EurActiv.com
>> 
>> China's New Richest Man Says His Success is Inspired by Jeremy Rifkin's
>> Vision of a Third Industrial Revolution
>> 
>> In his new book, China's New Energy Revolution, Li Hejun, now China's
>> richest man, says he was "deeply moved [by the] powerful set of coordinates"
>> that Jeremy Rifkin lays out in his book, The Third Industrial Revolution,
>> regarding the conceptualization and deployment of a digitalized Third
>> Industrial Revolution infrastructure. In the preface to his book, Li Hejun
>> writes "I was deeply moved by the author's insights. Reflecting upon my
>> experience working in the new energy sector in the past 20 years, and
>> especially in the PV industry in recent years, I found Rifkin's thesis very
>> convincing." Li Hejun's company, Hanergy, is a leading thin-film solar power
>> company in the world. Hejun envisions the installation of solar and other
>> renewable energies in every community, allowing millions of people and
>> thousands of businesses to produce their own energy and share surpluses with
>> others on a digitalized Energy Internet stretching across China. Hejun's
>> mission is to transform China into a sustainable post-carbon Third
>> Industrial Revolution economy powered by renewable energies.
>> 
>> Mr. Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution vision has also been embraced by
>> the new Chinese leadership. In December 2011, Premier Li Keqiang announced
>> that he had read Mr. Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution book with great
>> interest and had asked the appropriate government agencies to pay close
>> attention to the central themes in preparing China's plan to usher-in an
>> ecological civilization. Vice Premier Wang Yang has also endorsed Mr.
>> Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution economic development model.
>> 
>> 
>> Click Here to View the Press Release from Bloomberg Business
>> 
>> Thanks to all of you for your continued support!  If you should have any
>> suggestions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know.
>> 
>> We look forward to hearing from you soon!
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>> Sincerely,
>> 
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>> 
>> Shawn Moorhead
>> 
>> Chief of Staff
>> 
>> Office of Jeremy Rifkin
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>> shawn at foet.org
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