[p2p-research] Will big business privatize the monetary commons again?

[Michel Bauwens]

don't hesitate to announce your plans here when you're ready!

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:32 AM, Matt Boggs <matt at digiblade.com> wrote:

> Excellent commentary Sepp, I look forward to digging into the Douthwaite
> discussion further. Indeed, I believe the only way to keep big business out
> but more realistically; stave them off for as long as possible, is to
> empower each member of the local collective. Also, my very unscientific
> research indicates that if you keep the local communities small enough,
> they
> can react swiftly to threats to their system (pods no greater than
> 300-500).
> So, empower the community via ownership ( I know that is a slick word, but
> you know what I mean) and keep those communities small enough so that big
> business would have to tackle many networks before it would be economically
> feasible for them. Needless to say, open source software would have to be
> the backbone of the technology that links the pods to other pods in the
> community.
>
> Currently, I am experimenting with a proprietary trade system that is about
> ready to launch. My first community will be industry specific in the state
> of Colorado.
> It will be a dues based closed system for now.
> Proprietary because it is the only way I can tie in bank accounts and
> credit\debit cards securely.
> Industry specific because I want to keep it simple and it has a revenue
> model by which I can develop an open system for the community in the
> future.
> Closed because I don't know what I'm doing and I'd rather have a sterile
> environment right now and slowly open the spigot rather than facing
> threats\obstacles I have not even imagined yet :-)
> This initial experiment will follow two rules I mentioned above though. It
> will empower the community albeit a local business community and it will be
> agile; each pod would be no greater than 300.
>
> Matt
>
>
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