This two-part guest post asks the question, of what mode of production and (intellectual) property might be optimal for progress in renewable energy, undertaken for an MBA dissertation. Austin Brentley : A relative newcomer to open collaboration, I accidentally stumbled upon an article written by Michel Bauwens while I was writing my MBA dissertation on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘commons’
20 February 2009
The Morality of Capitalism
Optimal Production of Goods and Services for the Maximum Number of Persons Capitalism is under attack today for the abuses of a few ambitious, unscrupulous executives who have either perpetrated massive frauds upon the public or enriched themselves at the expense of others without providing value in return. We have laws against the former (it’s [...]
27 December 2008
RRR Zhivago Hunter :: “Nuclear Freedom is the Recognition of Mutual Coercion, Mutually Agreed Upon Procreation Values Necessity” :: Buffalo Bill DMW
.At the end of a thoughtful article on the future of nuclear war, J.B. Wiesner and H.F. York concluded that: “Both sides in the arms race are…confronted by the dilemma of steadily increasing military power and steadily decreasing national security. It is our considered professional judgment that this dilemma has no technical solution.I would like [...]
22 October 2008
Does P2P require institutionalization?
Before turning to the related insights of Kevin Carson, I would like to recall what I wrote about the topic in my book manuscript, back in 2005: “A second important aspect is de-institutionalization. In premodernity, knowledge is transmitted through tradition, through initiation by experienced masters to those who are validated to participate in the chain [...]
