Will the Global Chinese Commons save the world ? Understanding the emergence of neo-Venetian crypto-networks.

Why the prefigurative self-provisioning of mutual coordination infrastructures by the crypto-nomadic networks has a macro-historical importance.

1. Context

   If the 19th cy developed market institutions, and the 20th century a regulatory framework centered around the centralizing institution of the nation-state, then, we may speculate, the 21st century could and should be considered the century for the development of the decentralized, productive, p2p-oriented economy and society. Our historical task …