[p2p-research] barriers to post-industrial transition

[Samuel Rose]

I am going to take a crack at it, and this is something that Paul B Hartzog
could also have some valuable contributions towards, too.



On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I wonder if anybody would be interested in writing a 500 word article for
> the following call for submissions below, and be willing to sign with
> p2pfoundation as well?
>
> thanks for considering it,
>
> Michel
>  Bridges to the Post Industrial Planet
>
> Our future well-being requires that in twenty years' time we should be
> living in a manner that differs markedly from the way we've lived in the
> past century and a half. It seems likely we'll consume less energy, use
> physical resources more sparingly, moderate the waste we generate, make
> fewer long journeys, rely more on local produce, repair things we'd
> currently replace, share objects we might currently own. Other implications
> are less obvious but potentially significant. Will be the role of
> corporations change? How will our societies be governed? What civil
> liberties can we expect?
>
> The better we're able to imagine a post industrial world, the better we can
> identify the barriers to getting there and prepare bridges to get over them.
> // CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS //
>
> We're inviting people to write a few paragraphs, no more than 500 words,
> outlining the greatest difficulty you think we face in making the transition
> to a post industrial world. This might be a technological issue, a cultural
> barrier, an economic factor or something else. If you have ideas about how
> the barrier could be overcome go ahead and outline them too.
>
> Send your submission to open at CIRCUS-foundation.org<//open at CIRCUS-foundation.org>along with a couple of lines about who you are. The results will be compiled
> in a book that will be published free on the web and form the basis of a
> seminar to be held in London later in 2008.
>
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