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

[marc fawzi]

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The key is to move education from credentialing for admissions to
credentialing for performance.
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I believe that is true. Very good point.

Imagine if everyone was admitted into Stanford and Yale and only those who
compete and collaborate well enough make it as graduates. Unlike giving Bush
Jr. admission into Yale and Harvard when he can't even make a complete
sentence.


On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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> 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>
>>
>>>  Interesting...
>>>
>>>
>>> http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2009/03/parasitic-predation.html
>>>
>>> Ryan Lanham
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