Category Archives: Communities

Guest Blog about P2P Commons in Practice

Posted on May 26, 2020 by broodjejaap

The article below by Katarzyna Gajewska is a paper first published here. My rough impression is that it describes the struggle in practice between [organizations that have for-profit marketoriented service production at their core] and [Communities that work on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Society, Commons Transition, Communities, Ethics, governance model, Internet of Things, P2P Power, P2P Theory, Parasites, Platforms, Uncategorized, volunteers | Tagged , | 4 Comments

In Memoriam “La Peppa”(1930-2018)

Posted on February 11, 2019 by broodjejaap

In Memoriam: Giuseppa Saccaro del Buffa Battisti (1930-2018) by Dr. Kim Veltman *) , Scholar of Perspective and Meta-Librarian Extraordinarius, Maastricht NL Introduction Giuseppa (Giuseppina) Saccaro del Buffa Battisti, affectionately known as La Peppa, was one of the great scholars … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, democracy, Emancipation, Enlightenment, Ethics, influencing peoples perception, perspective, Renaissance, Self Organization, Spinosa, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Internet Pioneer John Perry Barlow (70) passed away, may he RIP.

Posted on February 9, 2018 by broodjejaap

[[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WS9DhSIWR0 ]] Barlow passed away on February 8, 2018. He was a great inspirator for freedom of expression online and coined the name “Cyberspace” (the worldwide Civil Society community of online connected people, freely imagining & sharing & creating thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in Barlow, Better World, btwieners, Civil Society, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Communities, democracy, Emancipation, Empowerment, Ethics, Freedom, Future of Internet, Gurus, Internet Freedom, Trias Internetica, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

About Our Connected Future, 4: Policy Transition from Entities to RELATIONS Between Entities

Posted on June 27, 2017 by broodjejaap

Princeton professor Ann-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning at the US State Department, applies network theory to international relations in the post-cold war world. Her important book “The Chess-Board & The Web – Strategies of Connection in a Networked World”  … Continue reading →

Posted in 1Planet Mindset, Collaboration, Communities, cooperation, Darwin 3.0, Future of Internet, Geo-Politics, Geopolitics, Internet Freedom, Ligare Liberum, Megaregions, Network Dynamics, Network Science, P2P Commons, Uncategorized, Wealth creation | 4 Comments

About Our Connected Future. 2: “Connecting People to Prosperity in the Exponential Age”

Posted on June 23, 2017 by broodjejaap

This a must-read re-blog from Singularity Hub http://ift.tt/2rvj6Vw It was also reposted by the P2PFoundation blog and the Collective Intelligence blog. I consider it as one of the most clear update on the way ahead we together face. It liks … Continue reading →

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What Makes Cities Bloom and Prosper?: Connected and Cooperating People

Posted on June 13, 2017 by broodjejaap

This is the title of chapter 8 that I wrote in a book*) about “Smart Cities”, see picture. ============part of chapter===== What Makes Cities Bloom and Prosper?: Connected & Cooperating People Jaap van Till Prof Emeritus Network Architecture and Digital Infrastructures, Tildro … Continue reading →

Posted in #7thSense, 1Planet Mindset, blockchain, btwiener, btwieners, chain of smart cities, China, Collaboration, Commons, Communities, cooperation, Corridoria, EurAsia, Europa, Gaia's Necklace, Global Brain, ICT Infrastructure, Network Architecture, Network Effect, Network Infrastructure, One Belt One Road, P2P Commons, Smart City, Synthecracy, Tillevision Model, Trias Internetica, Uncategorized, van Till's Law, Wealth creation | 1 Comment

‘Das Digital’1.0: Appreciation of internet and its Impact

Posted on May 29, 2017 by broodjejaap

Introduction Most public & media stories for the last decade or so about ‘the internet’ ; whatever that is; are alarmist and use ‘memes’ (look it up!) to attract attention. ‘Bad for children’, ‘harmful to your brain’, ‘incites sex and … Continue reading →

Posted in bandwidth, belief system, btwiener, Communities, ecology, Exponential growth, Fiber optic cables, Fiber-to-the-Farm, ICT Infrastructure, Internet Exchange Map, Internet Freedom, Internet success, Network Architecture, Network Dynamics, Network Effect, Network Infrastructure, Network Science, New Power, Optical Fiber Cables, P2P Commons, Platform cooperativism, resilience, social innovation, Tillevision Model, TransTribalCollaboration, Uncategorized, Wealth creation | Tagged | 3 Comments

Reason, Creativity and Freedom U-2

Posted on February 19, 2017 by broodjejaap

((click on the image above to open the Article of the P2P Foundation)) Whether the twenty-first century will be the most radical of times or the most reactionary … will depend overwhelmingly upon the kind of social movement and program … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Commons, Commons Transition, Communities, cooperation, Freedom, P2P Commons, P2P Power, P2P Theory, Uncategorized, Uprising2 | Leave a comment

Updated: Connecting to the Other

Posted on October 31, 2016 by broodjejaap

Update in 2023: There are two huge impacts on human relations by digitalisation / The Internet in the wide world recently. Complexity (= issues being so interwoven that reduction into parts becomes impossible, and central control less obvious) and decrease … Continue reading →

Posted in 1Planet Mindset, belief system, btwiener, Collaboration, Communities, Corridoria, dictator, empire, Kantelaars, moral values, New Power, Open, P2P Commons, social innovation, Synthecracy, TransTribalCollaboration, Trias Internetica, Uncategorized, Wealth creation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Postcapitalism and the city — P2P Foundation

Posted on October 12, 2016 by broodjejaap

Paul Mason delivered this Keynote at Barcelona Initiative for Technological SovereigntyCCCB, 7 October 2016: The idea of postcapitalism consists of two hypotheses, about the unique effects of information technology (ICT). First, that information technology is preventing the normal adaptation process, … Continue reading →

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