[p2p-research] P2P Ideology

[Samuel Rose]

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> as stan has indicated, it's not minimal expectations of personal gain (since
> motivations are highly variable, but according to benkler, it makes every
> motivation productive)  and in fact, individuals get a lot out of it, i.e.
> give a brick, get a house ... but yes, low transaction cost are an absolute
> essential feature in making p2p scalable beyond space and time limitations,
> making it globally scalable, and hence, an alternative to market and state
> in more and more areas ... and beyond the areas where it can operate 'on its
> own', it becomes part and parcel of the other modes ... because of the low
> transaction cost, it moves from the margins to the core, and indeed, creates
> a crisis in value which is problematic to some market operations, displacing
> them ... usually, around the non-market commons core, a thriving mraket can
> exist though ..
>


I think p2p worldview is a route to solving problems of existence by
recognizing that you can gain now by all gaining now (as opposed to in
the future, or afterlife, etc). This in turn starts to create an
environment where people who are more "self"-oriented can operate in
their own so-called "selfish" interests, yet their actions will not
tend to be at the expense of others.


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