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Commons

The Peer to Peer Manifesto: The Emergence of P2P Civilization and Political Economy

Michel Bauwens

Our political economy is based on a mistake – that natural resources are unlimited, and that it is an endless sink. This false assumption creates artificial scarcity for cultural resources, destroys the biosphere, and hampers a free culture. In a P2P-based society, this situation is reversed. (more)

6-16-08

Psyche

The Next Buddha Will Be a Collective

Michel Bauwens

As society evolves towards distributed networks, with peer to peer based social relations, it will affect spiritual expression in fundamental ways. (more)

3-24-08

Commons

The Political Economy of Peer Production

Michel Bauwens

The P2P (peer-to-peer) revolution didn't end with Napster. P2P is giving rise to a new mode of production, a new mode of governance, and a new mode of property. It is poised to overhaul our political economy in unprecedented ways. (more)

1-31-08