Archive - Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

Looking at the evolution of our world through the lens of coordination systems

On the occasion of the Chinese translation of our book, ‘Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto’.

Mar 10 •

February 2025

January 2025

The three civilizational priorities of the next societal transition

Can We Truly Change Our Civilizational Model? What we can learn from Peter Pogany's 'Rethinking the World'.

Jan 17 •

December 2024

The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization

Towards a convergence of the local bioregional resilient production efforts with the global coordination and 'Capital for the Commons' capacities of…

Dec 20, 2024 •

November 2024

October 2024

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, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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