Michel, very cool. We may investigate for an anthology called Shareable Futures, which we serialized last Spring on Shareable.net. There's original sci-fi shorts from Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, and others not so well known that are equally good if not better: <br>
<br><a href="http://www.shareable.net/blog/shareable-futures">http://www.shareable.net/blog/shareable-futures </a><br><br><div>Any other ideas?<br><br>Neal<br><br>--<br><br>Neal Gorenflo | Publisher, <a href="http://Shareable.net">http://Shareable.net</a> | 415.867.0429<br>
<br><br><br>On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi Kevin,<br>><br>> I wonder if you could investigate, if not read, this: <br>
> <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~allison/saito.html">http://www.stanford.edu/~allison/saito.html</a><br>><br>> ast year, I published a Sci-Fi fantasy novel to illustrate the goal of my<br>> research, as a sequel to Prof. Jun Murai's book about the Internet for<br>
> children.<br>><br>> I have translated the novel into English, and begun to distribute it under a<br>> CreativeCommons license so that people around the world can read the novel,<br>> and also hopefully help me improve the document and my research.<br>
><br>> The novel is titled "NEO IN WONDERLAND - A Tale of Money That Changed Our<br>> Future". The home url of the novel is <a href="http://grsj.jp/neo.pdf">http://grsj.jp/neo.pdf</a><br>><br>> Please help spread the word about the novel.<br>
><br>> ________________________________<br>> Overview of the novel:<br>><br>> Today, humanity seems to be suffering from a trilogy of problems: we are<br>> living in the era of Peak Oil in which the world production of petroleum is<br>
> about to hit its peak if not it has already done so (energy crisis), which<br>> is probably the fundamental reason why we are experiencing the severest<br>> economic depression in the history of capitalism (economic crisis), while<br>
> the whole human activities with effects to change the earthly environment<br>> are alleged to be the cause of climate changes (environmental crisis).<br>><br>> Some argue that moving toward so-called green economy, or changing to<br>
> natural energy sources instead of relying on fossil fuels, is the solution<br>> to all these. Will it work, or will it just introduce another level of the<br>> same trilogy of problems as long as our economy requires to keep growing?<br>
><br>> Let's begin an adventure with Accianco, a kindergarten girl, Kencha, a super<br>> robot, and Puppy-chan, a puppy, to explore an alternative solution in this<br>> sci-fi monetary fantasy novel. The story begins one year after the past<br>
> adventure of the trio, in which they visited the Wonderland where the<br>> Internet is utilized in an extreme fashion.<br>><br>> Dr. Suttokoholm, a blind genius scientist in the Wonderland, is kidnapped by<br>
> the Army of Centricity that aims to invade the country! Accianco, Kencha,<br>> Puppy-chan and Accianco's mother go to the Wonderland through the wormhole<br>> invented by Dr. Suttokoholm.<br>><br>> A new adventure begins around the centerless monetary mechanism in the<br>
> centerless Wonderland that takes place in Hunan City, a big city in the<br>> Wonderland.<br>><br>> What is the Army of Centricity after? Will Accianco and her friends be able<br>> to save Dr. Suttokoholm?<br>
><br>> The story evolves in an unexpected way as they encounter mysterious NEO in<br>> the Wonderland.<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a><br>
><br>> Connect: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.ning.com">http://p2pfoundation.ning.com</a>; Discuss:<br>> <a href="http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org">http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org</a><br>
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