[p2p-research] P2P Ideology

[Ryan Lanham]

Some essays that should be undertaken:

1. The Role of the Self in P2P Frameworks
2. When is Sharing Unnatural, and is that OK?
3. Where does P2P Break with Post-Modernism?
4. Is Cleverness implicitly Immoral in Human Interactions?  Some Evidence
from P2P Philosophy
5. Is P2P Philosophy Tolerant?
6. Why did Wikipedia Become Elitist on the Production Side...and is this a
Lesson for P2P?
7. Balancing Quality and Participation on the Commons
8. How does Judgment Work in P2P Systems?
9. Where can P2P not Co-Exist with something else?
10. Why is a Wiki not a Book?

Ryan

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Nicely put Ryan, and as was said from Linux and Wikipedia, "it's not
> supposed to work", but that only goes if you hold the erroneous neoliberal
> and neoclassical point of view of the human being ..
>
> thanks Sam for your details about Graves and complexity
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I'd put it this way:
>>
>> P2P systems attempt to function with minimal centralization and complexity
>> so as to reduce governance organs, elite associations or exclusive licensing
>> in favor of personal interactions.  Sharing is prioritized over personal
>> gain as a basic ethos.  Other basic ethical tenets include avoidance of
>> exploitation of the environment, labor or commons for self-gain.
>>
>> P2P frameworks avoid religious, political or cultural norms that do not
>> specifically advance the interests of the commons.  Where such norms come
>> into conflict with thhe commons, those who hold to a P2P ethos favor the
>> commons first and their own belief systems subsequently.
>>
>> Thus, P2P is inherently social, but it makes no demands on the ethic of
>> the individual to share by force.  Instead, it seeks to establish strong
>> normative rules for participation and sharing with minimal use of central
>> governance or power to achieve normative aims.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would add that to me that sounds like an unworkable utopian philosophy.
>>
>>
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>> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It sounds remarkably like the writings of Adam Smith.
>>>
>>> Ryan
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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