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Michel Bauwens on P2P and Accelerationism (1) | P2P Foundation

Michel Bauwens on P2P and Accelerationism (1) | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Regarding the book: * Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work. by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams. Verso, 2015 I must confess, I have not read the book yet, but I am familiar with the ‘accelerationist’ manifesto, with various reviews and discussions on the book, etc .. There is probably not a single …
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P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » No, Marc Andreessen, there won’t be an Awesome Robot Future if they are owned by the 1%

we don’t need to wait until a hypercapitalist techno-utopia emerges to do right by our struggling neighbors. We could pay for universal health care, higher education, and a basic income tomorrow. Instead, you’re kicking the can down the road and hoping the can will turn into a robot with a market solution

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Technofixes Will not Work Without Absolute Scale Limits to Commons Resource Use

Technofixes Will not Work Without Absolute Scale Limits to Commons Resource Use | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

‘A commons regime takes steps to protect the “resource” that the commons jointly manages/owns/cares for. More specifically the words “protecting the resource” means setting an absolute scale limit on its use. The commoners will set a scale of use for grazing a commons, or fishing a river, or taking water from an irrigation system. That is to say they set a maximum physically measured use – so many cows over the summer, so many gallons or water, so many fish per season. (NOT, so much $ worth of milk etc)

 
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Video: Sarah Gold on the Need for Peer-Based and Techno-Savvy Citizenship | P2P Foundation

Video: Sarah Gold on the Need for Peer-Based and Techno-Savvy Citizenship | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
“We are moving towards a future of smart everything: watches, thermostats and cars. But who controls the technology? Who writes the code and who owns the data? Our generation will reinvent citizenship.” Great presentation, watch it here:
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Facebook and the Future of Global Governance

Facebook and the Future of Global Governance | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Although Facebook is a for-profit organization, its users could transform it into a form of participatory democratic global governance.
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