<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt gmail-hv4rvrfc gmail-ihqw7lf3 gmail-dati1w0a" id="gmail-jsc_c_jz"><div class="gmail-j83agx80 gmail-cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b gmail-irj2b8pg"><div class="gmail-qzhwtbm6 gmail-knvmm38d"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-lr9zc1uh gmail-a8c37x1j gmail-keod5gw0 gmail-nxhoafnm gmail-aigsh9s9 gmail-d3f4x2em gmail-fe6kdd0r gmail-mau55g9w gmail-c8b282yb gmail-iv3no6db gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id gmail-hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="gmail-kvgmc6g5 gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q"><div dir="auto">STATUS UPDATE on my research project:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail-o9v6fnle gmail-cxmmr5t8 gmail-oygrvhab gmail-hcukyx3x gmail-c1et5uql gmail-ii04i59q"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> As some of you may know I have undertaken an ambitious project that combines: </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> 1) a general study of the evolution of civilizational forms , <span class="gmail-py34i1dx"><a href="https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Civilizational_Analysis">https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Civilizational_Analysis</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">2) how it fits with cyclic patterns, <span class="gmail-py34i1dx"><a href="https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Cycles">https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Cycles</a></span> </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> 3) and how the ebbs and flow of the commons institutions fit in that, creating a pulsation of the commons that is now operating on a world scale , <span class="gmail-py34i1dx"><a href="https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_History">https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_History</a></span> and cries out for the filling of the global commons gap, by the creation of global magisteria of the commons </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> A preliminary synthesis had been written with Jose Ramos as part of the cosmo-local book , coming out in November (launch nov 11) see <span class="gmail-py34i1dx"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U7x2PHk0xm3e5Ep7UGG56pDkJ5bAHCy-/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U7x2PHk0xm3e5Ep7UGG56pDkJ5bAHCy-/edit</a></span><br></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net</a>  - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br>Discuss: <a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank">http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation</a><br><br>Updates: ; <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a></div><div><br></div><div>Curation of news on p2p/commons developments: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/</a><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div>