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’.

This is the text of the foreword I wrote for the publication of the Chinese translation of our book, ‘Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto’. With thanks to Uncommons and the 706 group for this translation!

The book you are about to read, just recently translated into Chinese, was written some years ago, the bulk of it was written in a kind of ‘Walden 3’ c…