Peer to peer is a relational dynamic that arises in distributed networks, and these distributed networks are increasingly becoming a dominant organizational format in all areas of social life.
Introduction to “Intellectual Contributions” Theory, Nicholas Bentley
The intellectual contributions model maintains that any new product is the sum of all the intellectual work that came before and goes on to broaden the scope of this contributions premise to include any support of the authors work or promotion of the product.
The intellectual contributions model maintains that any new product is the sum of all the intellectual work that came before and goes on to broaden the scope of this contributions premise to include any support of the authors work or promotion of the product.
The Hypothesis of Netarchical Capitalism
The citation follows the sections where I describe more in details the theories of cognitive capitalism and the vectoral class.
The citation follows the sections where I describe more in details the theories of cognitive capitalism and the vectoral class.
P2P, Netarchical Capitalism, Protocollary Power and Jaron Lanier’s Antigoras
The following is a very interesting essay by Jaron Lanier, well-known as a VR pioneer, about the emergence of Antigoras, participatory platforms which profit from huge amounts of periphery labour and increasingly present users with a situation of ‘lock-in’.
The following is a very interesting essay by Jaron Lanier, well-known as a VR pioneer, about the emergence of Antigoras, participatory platforms which profit from huge amounts of periphery labour and increasingly present users with a situation of ‘lock-in’.
Wireless Community Movement Creates a P2P Network: FON
Our goal is to create a unified WiFi Network allowing members of the FON community to share not just bandwidth but experience and ideas.
Our goal is to create a unified WiFi Network allowing members of the FON community to share not just bandwidth but experience and ideas.
P2P Cooperation in 3d: Open Croquet
Michel, given your interest in P2P technologie
Michel, given your interest in P2P technologie
The Peer to Peer Foundation Needs Your Cooperation
The foundation wants first of all to create a knowledge base for this: through our newsletter, our blog, the various directories available at the P2P Foundation website.
The foundation wants first of all to create a knowledge base for this: through our newsletter, our blog, the various directories available at the P2P Foundation website.
The Logic of Affinity vs. the Logic of Hegemony
There is an interesting presentation at the Ungrammatical Multitude blog which counterposes the logic of hegemony and the logic of affinity.
There is an interesting presentation at the Ungrammatical Multitude blog which counterposes the logic of hegemony and the logic of affinity.
Transhumanism and Peer to Peer: Amor Mundi and the Transhumanist Left
The transhumanist movement, as a movement uniting those in favor of technological augmentation of the human potential, is too often identified with the extreme anarchocapitalist libertarians such as the Extropians.
The transhumanist movement, as a movement uniting those in favor of technological augmentation of the human potential, is too often identified with the extreme anarchocapitalist libertarians such as the Extropians.
John Heron’s Relational Spirituality and Wilber Critique
I planned to publish this item in issue 106 of P2P News, dedicated to contemporary political ‘P2P-inspired’ movements, but for lack of space, will publish it later.
I planned to publish this item in issue 106 of P2P News, dedicated to contemporary political ‘P2P-inspired’ movements, but for lack of space, will publish it later.
Dialogue With Nicholas Bentley on P2P and “Intellectual Contributions”
The following is a copy of an email by Nicholas Bentley on Intellectual Contributions and how it relates to the P2P Meme. A presentation of his ideas, which entails a reform of Intellectual Property legislation, is here, but I have yet to read it in detail.
The following is a copy of an email by Nicholas Bentley on Intellectual Contributions and how it relates to the P2P Meme. A presentation of his ideas, which entails a reform of Intellectual Property legislation, is here, but I have yet to read it in detail.
Kevin Carson and Matthew Claxton on Desktop Manufacturing and P2P Economies
Manufacturing is already, in small ways, breaking out into an open-source model.
Manufacturing is already, in small ways, breaking out into an open-source model.
A P2P Theory for Social Change
Theory for Social Change
Theory for Social Change
Jorge Ferrer, Participatory Spirituality, and the Comparing Mindjorge Ferrer, Participatory Spirituality, and the Comparing Minda Dialogue With David Bollier: P2p, the Commons and the Open Paradigm
Integrative and embodied spirituality would effectively undermine the current model of human relations based on comparison, which easily leads to competition, rivalry, envy, jealousy, conflict, and hatred.
Integrative and embodied spirituality would effectively undermine the current model of human relations based on comparison, which easily leads to competition, rivalry, envy, jealousy, conflict, and hatred.
A Dialogue With David Bollier: P2p, the Commons and the Open Paradigm
The following questions were received by David Bollier of the On The Commons blog, as David is someone I admire greatly and there many overlaps between the movement for the Commons, the Open paradigm, and the P2P paradigm. He sent me a number of questions, and I propose to start the blog with an answer to these questions. The second half, another 6 questions, will be published later.
The following questions were received by David Bollier of the On The Commons blog, as David is someone I admire greatly and there many overlaps between the movement for the Commons, the Open paradigm, and the P2P paradigm. He sent me a number of questions, and I propose to start the blog with an answer to these questions. The second half, another 6 questions, will be published later.
Prospective Future of Platform Cooperatives: My Takeaways From Reshaping Work Barcelona 2019
I was one of the Ouishare members that volunteered for the organization of the first regional Reshaping Work event in Barcelona. In my view, it was an outstanding event because of its excellent content selection and format design, and it certainly had a remarkable impact in the Spanish media.
I was one of the Ouishare members that volunteered for the organization of the first regional Reshaping Work event in Barcelona. In my view, it was an outstanding event because of its excellent content selection and format design, and it certainly had a remarkable impact in the Spanish media.















