[p2p-research] reminder of the las indias trilogy

[Michel Bauwens]

should definitely read that one,

Kevin, have you read the book?

Michel

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Roberto Verzola <rverzola at gn.apc.org>wrote:

> I found the book on phyles quite interesting, but I would need to read it
> several times, to digest the whole idea. One quick reaction: de Ugarte
>  write about the Dunbar number (basically the optimum membership of a
> community). I found a really very good discussion of these "magic numbers"
> (optimum number of people for a team, a neighborhood, a community, a city,
> etc. -- actually a range of numbers, not a single figure) in HUMAN SCALE by
> Kirkpatrick Sale. Sale argues that there is a human scale in politics,
> economics, buildings, etc.
>
> In HUMAN SCALE, Sale also asserts that the most efficient transport mode of
> all (compared to running animals, flying animals, planes, trains and various
> other modes of transport), is the bicycle.
>
> Greetings to all,
>
> Roberto Verzola
>
>
>
> Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
>> For those who want to follow the debates with lasindias, here are the 3
>> books that are the basis of their ideas:
>>
>>  http://deugarte.com/gomi/phyles.pdf
>>  http://deugarte.com/gomi/Nations.pdf
>>  http://deugarte.com/gomi/the-power-of-networks.pdf
>>  respectively a history of the corporate, governance, and civil forms,
>> each one culminating in the network age
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