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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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Call for Papers: Decentralizing the Commons | P2P Foundation

Call for Papers: Decentralizing the Commons | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Decentralizing the commons is a key requisite for their protection and evolution.
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Empirical Findings from The Nature of Order

Architect, scientist, and writer Christopher Alexander is one of the most remarkable thinkers and makers of our time. His many books include A Pattern Language (1977), The Timeless Way of Building (1979), and A Foreshadowing of Twenty-First Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets (1993). This essay is his recent effort to distill the major discoveries in his masterful four-volume The Nature of Order (2002-2005), published by the Center for Environmental Structure in Berkeley, CA. He wishes to thank Maggie Alexander and Randy Schmidt for help in editing this essay. © 2007 Christopher Alexander. www.patternlanguage.com.


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100 Women who are Co-creating the P2P Society: Interview with Gabriella Coleman | P2P Foundation

100 Women who are Co-creating the P2P Society: Interview with Gabriella Coleman | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Gabriella Coleman, a cultural anthropologist and professor at McGill University, spent years observing Anonymous, witnessing the group’s rise from within the trolling subculture to its current pursuit of cyber activism. Her new book, Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous, is the most comprehensive research to date about the hacktivist collective.

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Book of the Day: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs

Book of the Day: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

“It is a basic how to manual for young faculty and I am not exaggerating on the cost savings – for example to outfit an undergrad optics lab the costs drop from $15,000 to about $500 for equipment of equal performance. Research grade equipment cost savings are even more substantial. As a scientist and a libre advocate I really want to see this idea spread as it will create a positive feedback loop.” – Joshua Pearce.

 
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