[p2p-research] Is peer production a real mode of production?

[Michel Bauwens]

hi patrick,

yes, that is what I'm saying,

i'm sceptical that a use-value only modality can emerge as the next phase,
so I think it will be a hybrid model between use value commons and exchange
value allocation schemes for rival goods, through markets or otherwise ..

Michel

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com>wrote:

> > Michel Bauwens wrote:
> >> A mode of production classically is viewed as
> >> ...
> >> how exactly we produce what we need to live by
> >> transforming nature into human-usable products
>
>
> Kevin Carson wrote:
> > So are you arguing that to qualify as a mode of production peer
> > production must generate value, in the sense of exchange value or
> > purchasing power?
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Hope I can add without distracting...
>
> Reading Michel's definition for "Mode of Production"
> made me think of *physical* things such as food and
> shelter and how we do not yet know how to recover
> the costs of their production in a P2P manner.
>
> Is that part of what you are saying Michel?
>
>
> If so, then maybe "Use Value" (the product itself) is
> of more importance than "Exchange Value" (profit)
> when attempting P2P production in the physical
> realm?
>
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