Installations, videos and projects in public space by Oliver Ressler » Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies. After the loss of a counter-model for capitalism – which socialism, in its real, existing form had presented until its collapse – alternative concepts for economic and social development face hard times at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
In the industrial nations, broadly discussed are only those “alternatives” that do not question the existing power relations of the capitalist system and representative democracies. Other socio-economic approaches are labeled utopian, devalued, and excluded from serious discussion, if even considered at all. The thematic installation, “Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies,” focuses on diverse concepts and models for alternative economies and societies, which all share a rejection of the capitalist system of rule.
An interview was carried out for each concept. Interview partners include economists, political scientists, authors, and historians. The whole exhibition project started in Ljubljana in 2003 with five videos. SENSORICA Value Network. A free web-based platform for social and solidarity economy networks. Media Ecologies and Digital Activism. People’s Cloud architecture and futures in 1000 words. So I had a good long think about it on twitter this morning, and I want to try and simplify the story into a few paragraphs. 1> Computer power is an ever-more-abundant resource.
As a result, the data center is doomed for a variety of reasons. Yet even in such times, the temporary efficiency of the data center is bought at the price of centralization and inevitable monitoring. Capital costs of providing data center space is paid for by investors, who then greatly constrain the space of possibility in their search for the 1/1000 shot which makes a billion dollars. The inevitable collusion between large corporate interests and the State makes it all too possible that whatever data we give to social sites of various kinds will be reused later in unexpected ways. Crypto-Anarchy and Libertarian Entrepreneurship – Chapter 1: The Strategy. TheMisesCircle.org is no longer being updated. Please see the current version of this article at NakamotoInstitute.org. Libertarian Entrepreneurship Liberty is an ideology for everyone. It benefits all people and groups whose goals do not inherently require oppression.
All objections to liberty have simply stimulated more thought into what is possible with voluntary organizations and shown more clearly how much better they are at providing services originally thought to be possible by government. And yet people do not listen. The goal of the libertarian entrepreneur is to give others that taste, not by influencing politics but by making politics irrelevant. For example, suppose the people in a community came to adore a company whose services require that they give up control of their land or their weapons to it.
The libertarian entrepreneur should identify those industries with the greatest level of risk and attempt to transform them into something less risky. É o social, estúpido! Human Networks - A masterclass by the Master Valdis Krebs - Podcast #networks. Play Valdis Krebs Podcast Now Hit Link here This is Valdis Krebs - The Galileo of human Social Networks - ie the person who shows us what they look like, when before they were invisible, and who shows us the simple rules that drive them.
The few nations that were early into navigation and exploration in the 16th century, did very well. As we ourselves move into a world where all the advantages will accrue to those that understand Networks, I think it is vital that we understand how to navigate in the Network world. The problem that many of us have is that when we hear the work "Network" we think of TV networks or Telephone networks that are driven by the old rules of engineering. Networkologies – A Manifesto (Version 1.0) [For more information on the book length expansion of this manifesto, currently a work in progress, see here].
The network is increasingly one of the fundamental metaphors whereby we have described the character of our age. Despite this, there has yet to be a philosophy of networks. A Networkological approach aims to address this fact. GNU's Framework for Secure Peer-to-Peer Networking. Consensus - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation. GNU/consensus is an umbrella project to facilitate coordination of free software social networking projects to encourage freedom, privacy, public space, and decentralization.
Documentation Please read the GNU/consensus Manifesto. You may also refer to the ongoing work on the wiki. When they become available, the manuals will be linked from here. Mailing lists Due to the nature and youth of the project, we currently provide a unique list <consensus@gnu.org>. Getting involved. Socialswarm. Lorea. Diaspora* SECURE SHARE. Discovery Network - Multitude Innovation. See SENSORICA, a value network, which evolved from Discovery Network.Get a comprehensive document on the Discovery Network HERE .
The Discovery Network concept is under revision. We are learning a lot from our experience with SENSORICA. Nevertheless, you can always learn something from reading further. SENSORICA was inspired by this work. A Discovery Network (DN) is an open, decentralized and self-organizing value network, a collaborative organization that can include commercial, academic, governmental and independent entities, coordinating their efforts to enrich society with new material goods and services, and extracting some value from doing so.