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The Construction of the Post-Civilizational Civium Has Begun
Why the confederation of more than a dozen translocal popup villages in Chiang Mai is a historical pivot
Oct 23
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Are the so-called ‘Third Spaces’ really commons ?
Tackling two important questions: 1) What ‘really’ is a proper commons ? 2) What is the proper relation of commons-based institutions to the public…
Oct 4
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Are the so-called ‘Third Spaces’ really commons ?
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September 2024
Why Human (Contributive) Labor remains the creative principle of human society
The salvific and ex-tropic implications of the medieval Christian vision of human work as spiritual activity. Excerpts from the study: “From Modes of…
Sep 24
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What would a commons-centric society or civilization look like ? (Ethical Economy + Partner State + Commons)
Adding the commons institutions to the mix: Transforming societies from a national bi-institutional format (market+state) to a cosmo-local…
Sep 13
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What would a commons-centric society or civilization look like ? (Ethical Economy + Partner State + Commons)
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Who can change the world today ?
Is there a new agent of historical change ? Could it be the commoners ? But if so: allied to who ?
Sep 4
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August 2024
What kind of money do we need for the next value revolution ?
Beyond fiat money and crypto, how do we measure and reward systemic contributions, i.e. contribution to common infrastructural and care value ?
Aug 19
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Michel Bauwens
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What kind of money do we need for the next value revolution ?
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How peer production and Web3 governance mechanisms may prefigure a Isonomic world order
Is what we are waiting for perhaps not Democracy, but Isonomia ?
Aug 5
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How peer production and Web3 governance mechanisms may prefigure a Isonomic world order
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July 2024
Curated Article: Sources for Articulating a Contemporary Commons Theory Beyond Ostrom
Our aim is to reconnect with the 'integrative' Cosmo-Biological Traditions while fully utilizing the capacities of emerging Cosmo-Local Infrastructures
Jul 22
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Michel Bauwens
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Curated Article: Sources for Articulating a Contemporary Commons Theory Beyond Ostrom
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Curated Article: Sources to Understand the Emerging ‘Economy of Mutual Coordination’
Understanding the transition from an immature technosphere, which destroys the biosphere, to a ‘mature technosphere’, which lives in harmony with the…
Jul 2
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June 2024
From the Commons for Capital to Capital for the Commons
How an important book, Assets in Common, introduces the shift towards a Stewardship Economy
Jun 17
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From the Commons for Capital to Capital for the Commons
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Curated article: An overview of research into the emergence of the contributory economy
An overview of fifteen years of research into commons-based peer production, by the P2P Foundation and its network of collaborators.
Jun 3
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Curated article: An overview of research into the emergence of the contributory economy
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May 2024
Getting Ready for the Five Thousand Year Shift in Value Regime
An overview of signposts towards the civilizational shift in the direction of <contribution-based>, <thermodynamically informed> <mutual coordination…
May 22
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