[p2p-research] Global Guerrillas: Is our current Economic Model Parasitic Predation?

[Ryan Lanham]

It seems the great question for this century will be individualism versus
collective.  That was not the case in the socialism/communism of the 19th
century and 20th centuries where something more leader-focused took hold.

Equivalency of outcomes is not appealing to most.  Equivalency of
opportunity is appealing to large numbers, as is the implementation of
sustainable processes. The balance between opportunity and sustainability is
key.

The renewal of hierarchy you speak of seems to come back to approaches that
remove unearned advantages...very difficult, biologically.  People want to
advantage their children.  The whole idea of property can be seen as a way
to advantage offspring.  So, I think if you want renewable hierarchies, a
place to start contemplating outcomes is equal access to elite learning
credentials...not information.  It is the credentials which advantage...not
the learning itself.

The key is to move education from credentialing for admissions to
credentialing for performance.  That is hard because the life blood of
institutions is the capacity to create elites who protect exclusivity to
increase the value of their own network associations.

Ryan Lanham



On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:59 PM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting that both parasitic and predator behavior are key traits of
> sociopaths.
>
> Capitalism (the way it is now) makes heroes out of sociopaths.
>
> The movie Watchmen actually captures that reality although in a raw,
> archetypal way.
>
>
> 2009/3/27 Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>
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>> Interesting...
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>> http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2009/03/parasitic-predation.html
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>> Ryan Lanham
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