[p2p-research] Why Post-Capitalism is Rubbish

[Michel Bauwens]

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>> Apart from that, I think that, at the same time that capital and state are
>> incorporating p2p elements, at the same time, the immaterial commons,
>> sharing practices, p2p ethos, and the revolution in the structure of desire,
>> are still continuing and expanding, at the same time.
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> Not sure what any of the above really means. Examples?


examples:

Linux, used by companies but creating a software commons

Facebook/flickr, corporate platforms, but enabling sharing at the same time

Arduino, private company, but enabling open design communities at the same
time



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>  So, not only do I not think that p2p is already over the top, but rather
>> that we have
>> seen nothing yet,
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> I hope you are right, however, we have seen nothing of corporate and
> state repression of p2p yet either.
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>  Untold more numbers of people are now able to peer produce, than say, 10
>> years ago,
>> despite the existence of sharing platforms (but actually also thanks to
>> it)
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> It's important to note that a percentage of total users, fewer
> are able to publish public information and services from their own
> resrouces now than during earlier stages of the Internet.
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> At the same time, I agree with you that total numbers are larger, and I
> believe it is in this fact that both our hopes lay.
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> Cheers.
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> --
> Dmytri Kleiner, aspiring crank
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> http://www.telekommunisten.net
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