[p2p-research] on the conflict between the soft network economy and the hard physical economy

[Alex Rollin]

On Jan 9, 2010, at 4:39, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting quote, that could perhaps stimulate a number of  
> interesting reactions?
>
> see: http://liquidculture.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/avatar-3d-as-cinematic-milestone-and-sign-of-our-cultural-zeitgeist/
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> Thus we see a conflict between the “soft” economy and the  
> “hard”. What is absent, however, is a more coherent,  
> comprehensive analysis that takes this political dimension one step  
> further and recognizes how the allegedly “soft” economy is itself  
> directly based on the “hard”. Avatar is just an action movie, you  
> can’t expect it to dive into such complex reasoning. But the conflic 
> t depicted by the film – between sublime, “intangible” wealth  
> and prosaic, “tangible” – is just fiction, it doesn’t exist  
> in the real world. The computers that enable the “new” economy in  
> our society are indeed based on an abundance of oil, coal, steel and 
>  an almost inexhaustible range of other commodities.
>
That's like saying we could build computers without loving  
relationships.  Does anyone reaaly think so?  How could you test that?
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