hi Karl, one remark about open source currencies ... your reasoning applies there was well,<br><br>for example, indeed Bitcoin is designed to be a scarce, hoarded and speculative currency, but other complementary currencies are designed for equity, such as Time Dollars, <br>
<br>so neither openness, not peer to peer architectures are by themselves sufficient,<br><br>I think for those that believe in equity and justice, we need to find the right ways to critique hyper-capitalist solutions such as the one regarding education,<a href="http://miiu.org/wiki/Vesting_students_as_co-owners_of_schools" target="_blank">http://miiu.org/wiki/Vesting_students_as_co-owners_of_schools</a><br>
<br>I'd like to use your remark in the blog as well?<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Karl Robillard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:krobillard@san.rr.com">krobillard@san.rr.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 Monday, August 01, 2011 09:47:15 pm Michel Bauwens wrote:<br>
> It seems to me there is an emerging version of 'open' that is a<br>
> hyper-neoliberal one, or perhaps right-wing libertarian,<br>
><br>
> see for example,<br>
> <a href="http://miiu.org/wiki/Vesting_students_as_co-owners_of_schools" target="_blank">http://miiu.org/wiki/Vesting_students_as_co-owners_of_schools</a><br>
><br>
> which must be about the most awful proposal for reforming education that<br>
> I've seen so far ...<br>
<br>
<br>
I usually associate openness with the concept of equal access, but that's a<br>
bad thing to do. �As Martin and Devin were pointing out in another thread,<br>
open designs do not guarantee access to resources. �It's why Stallman prefers<br>
the word 'free' rather than 'open', right? �Being open is just one part of the<br>
equation. �We must articulate the others.<br>
<br>
Openness and peer-based archetectures provide opportunity for equitable<br>
outcomes, but its the choices of people who engage with open systems that<br>
ultimately decide this. �Openness in one aspect of society does not mean<br>
openness in others. �A propertarian will try to leverage an open system to<br>
obtain more property. �This is why I don't really see the point of open-source<br>
currencies. �Replacing one monetary system with another doesn't change the<br>
underlying dynamics of domination. �We could also have open-source atom bombs.<br>
Intent and outcomes matter.<br>
<br>
<br>
-Karl<br>
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