Dear Sam,<br><br>I find this idea of a p2p-oriented personal transformation scorecard and proposed pathway to be awesome.<br><br>I really hope you can expand on it and publish it as a blog proposal, this is something to be worked on, perhaps in the context of <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Facilitation">http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Facilitation</a>,<br>
<br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Samuel Rose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samuel.rose@gmail.com">samuel.rose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Douglas Rushkoff <<a href="mailto:rushkoff@gmail.com">rushkoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It's tricky, and your business plan (if I may call it that) goes to the<br>
> heart of the potential logical glitch with Contact as well: how can we<br>
> expect to be paid a living for delivering groups of people unto themselves?<br>
> I suppose the only way is not only to love doing it, but to be so good at it<br>
> that you really are making something possible that wouldn't have been<br>
> otherwise.<br>
> That's why I say it's tricky. Ultimately, I would think you could develop a<br>
> set of resources that let people just do what you're talking about. The way<br>
> civic organizations federalized in the early 1900's (as Putnam explains in<br>
> Bowling Alone). In the meantime, and at the very outset, you actually<br>
> workshop these things live for money - which is also a trick since money is<br>
> the last thing most of these communities have.<br>
> But the "lack of action of community organizations that are focusing on..."<br>
> is troubling to me. It's like you've come up with a solution but can't find<br>
> people ready with the problem. There are many groups attempting sustainable<br>
> community/economic models though. If you're interested in hooking up with<br>
> them, I can find some lists.<br>
><br>
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You've got me thinking, Douglas, that there could be a use for a way<br>
for people to "audit" their lives, and see how much of their activity<br>
is currently in 20th century industrial paradigm ecologies, and how<br>
much they have invested in emerging p2p ecologies/economies.<br>
<br>
This is actually directly related to the models we're developing for<br>
our project "Understanding Today's Economic Transformation"<br>
<a href="http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation" target="_blank">http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation</a><br>
(contributions of any amount welcome, as this campaign is still active<br>
with 14 days left to go!). A practical application that is possible<br>
from that work could be an application to see your transition, plus<br>
ways to enhance participation in emerging systems.<br>
<br>
People communicate with me that they need workable ways for<br>
transitioning themselves as individuals and collaborative groups<br>
towards peer-to-peer economies. Re-localization is definitely part of<br>
the picture. So is organized sharing. And a fundamental approach that<br>
allows your work and systems to be highly re-usable/inter-operable.<br>
<br>
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