[p2p-research] reminder of the las indias trilogy

[j.martin.pedersen]

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.M._%28author%29
http://www.amazon.com/Bolo-Foreign-Agents-P-M/dp/093675608X

The title of this book refers to the bolo, or an autonomous community
corresponding to the anthropological unit of a tribe (a few hundred
individuals). This would be the basic social unit in an envisioned
utopian-ecological future; its name is an example of a word from the
fictional auxiliary language (or rather, a basic vocabulary of about
thirty words) called asa'pili, intended for use in a bolo-based global
community..........

http://www.republicart.net/disc/aeas/pm01_en.htm

On 24/11/10 00:31, Michel Bauwens wrote:
> 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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