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Evolving Towards a Partner State in an Ethical Economy

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A new model of power that may be an answer to the contemporary crisis of democracy is evolving out of new social practices. What can peer production teach us about the society of the future? (more)

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The Ten Best P2P Books of 2010

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This year, the crop of books on Peer-to-Peer related themes has been so overwhelming that I find it impossible to limit myself to the classic list of just ten books. I therefore have organized the list as a series of 10 clustered themes. (more)

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The Emergence of Open Design and Manufacturing

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We mistakenly think nature is infinite, and that scarcity should be a source of profit. We need to combine a recognition of the real scarcity of physical goods with the real abundance of immaterial goods to generate a new and sustainable civilization based on peer to peer principles. (more)

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The Importance of Neotraditional Approaches in the Reconstructive, Transmodern Era

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Open content encourages participatory social design and new alliances between technology and traditional practices toward a steady-state economy that can bypass the destructive practices of industrial-era modernism. (more)

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

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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)

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The Next Buddha Will Be a Collective

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

The Political Economy of Peer Production

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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)

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