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Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto
Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto
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2019
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Bauwens, Michel ; Kostakis,Vasilis ; Pazaitis, Alex
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Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capitalist society has there been a more profound transformation of the fundamentals of our social life. As capitalism faces a series of structural crises, a new social, political and economic dynamic is emerging: peer to peer. What is peer to peer? Why is it essential for building a commons-centric future? How could this happen? These are the questions this book tries to answer. Peer to peer is a type of social relations in human networks, as well as a technological infrastructure that makes the generalization and scaling up of such relations possible. Thus, peer to peer enables a new mode of production and creates the potential for a transition to a commons-oriented economy.
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University of Westminster Press - CC-BY-NC - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvfc53qf - 102 pages
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Management & Organizational Behavior