P2P Foundation:About
The following is an excerpt from Section 8 of the Foundational Essay on Peer to Peer, and represents a first preliminary vision of what the P2P Foundation would be about.
The conclusions after writing the essay were the following:
- that technology reflects a change of consciousness towards participation, and in turn strengthens it
- that the networked format, expressed in the specific manner of peer to peer relations, is a new form of political organizing and subjectivity, and an alternative for the political/economic order, which though it does not offer solutions per se, points the way to a variety of dialogical and self-organising formats to device different processes for arriving at such solutions; it ushers in a era of ‘nonrepresentational democracy’, where an increasing number of people are able to manage their social and productive life through the use of a variety of networks and peer circles
- that it creates a new public domain, an information commons, which should be protected and extended, especially in the domain of common knowledge creation; and that this domain, where the cost of reproducing knowledge is near zero, requires fundamental changes in the intellectual property regime, as reflected by new forms such as the free software movement
- that the principles developed by the free software movement, in particular the General Public Licence, provides for models that could be used in other areas of social and productive life
- that it reconnects with the older traditions and attempts for a more cooperative social order, but this time obviates the need for authoritarianism and centralization; it has the potential of showing that the new egalitarian digital culture, is connected to the older traditions of cooperation of the workers and peasants, and to the search for an engaged and meaningful life as expressed in one’s work, which becomes an expression of individual and collective creativity, rather than as a salaried means of survival
- that it offers youth a vision of renewal and hope, to create a world that is more in tune with their values; that it creates a new language and discourse in tune with the new historical phase of ‘cognitive capitalism’; P2P is a language which every ‘digital youngster’ can understand
- it combines subjectivity (new values), intersubjectivity (new relations), objectivity (an enabling technology) and interobjectivity (new forms of organization) that mutually strengthen each other in a positive feedback loop, and it is clearly on the offensive and growing, but lacking ‘political self-consciousness’.
The Foundation for P2P Alternatives would address the following issues:
- P2P currently exists in discrete separate movements and projects but these different movements are often unaware of the common P2P ethos that binds them - thus, there is a need for a common initiative, which 1) brings information together; 2) connects people and mutually informs them 3) strives for integrative insights coming from the many subfields; 4) can organize events for reflection and action;5) can educate people about critical and creative tools for world-making - the Foundation would be a matrix or womb which would inspire the creation and linking of other nodes active in the P2P field, organized around topics and common interests, locality, and any form of identity and organization which makes sense for the people involved - the zero node website would have a website with directories, an electronic newsletter and blog, and a magazine. <div style="overflow:auto; height: 1px; "> valium didrex diazepam xanax phentermine lortab hydrocodone vicodin adipex celebrex viagra xenical cialis alprazolam lorazepam carisoprodol codeine vioxx wellbutrin oxycodone tramadol ambien aldara bontril adipex butalbital buy alprazolam buy carisoprodol buy cheap accupril buy cheap aciphex buy cheap actonel buy cheap actos buy cheap adipex buy cheap aldara buy cheap alprazolam buy cheap altace buy cheap amaryl buy cheap ambien buy cheap amoxil buy cheap androgel buy cheap atenolol buy cheap ativan buy cheap avandia buy cheap avapro buy cheap bextra buy cheap biaxin buy cheap bontril buy cheap buspar buy cheap captopril buy cheap cartia buy cheap cefzil buy cheap celebrex buy cheap celexa buy cheap cialis buy cheap cipro buy cheap claritind buy cheap clonazepam buy cheap clonidine buy cheap codeine buy cheap coreg buy cheap cozaar buy cheap denavir buy cheap diazepam buy cheap didrex buy cheap diflucan buy cheap effexor buy cheap estradiol buy cheap evista buy cheap fioricet buy cheap fiorinal buy cheap flexeril buy cheap flonase buy cheap fosamax buy cheap furosemide buy cheap ibuprofen buy cheap imitrex buy cheap ionamin cheap levaquin buy cheap levitra buy cheap lexapro cheap lisinopril buy cheap lorazepam buy cheap lorcet buy cheap lortab cheap lotensin cheap meclizine buy cheap meridia cheap metformin cheap metoprolol cheap minocycline buy cheap mobic cheap monopril buy cheap motrin cheap naproxen buy cheap nasacort buy cheap nasonex buy cheap neurontin buy cheap nexium cheap nifedipine buy cheap norflex cheap norvasc buy cheap orthoevra buy cheap paxil cheap plavix buy cheap prilosec buy cheap prinivil buy cheap propecia buy cheap protonix buy cheap prozac buy cheap remeron buy cheap renova buy cheap restoril buy cheap retina buy cheap seroquel buy cheap skelaxin buy cheap soma buy cheap sonata buy cheap temazepam buy cheap tenuate buy cheap terazosin buy cheap tiazac buy cheap tramadol buy cheap trazodone buy cheap tricyclen buy cheap trimox cheap ultram buy cheap ultram buy cheap valium buy cheap valtrex buy cheap vaniqa buy cheap viagra cheap vicodin buy cheap vicodin buy cheap vicoprofen buy cheap vioxx buy cheap wellbutrin cheap xanax buy cheap xanax buy cheap xenical buy cheap yasmin buy cheap zanaflex hydrocodone buy cheap zestoretic buy cheap zestril buy cheap zithromax buy cheap zoloft xanax buy adipex vicodin buy cheap zovirax buy cheap zyban buy cheap zydone buy cheap zyprexa buy cheap zyrtec hydrocodone buy hydrocodone buy imitrexoral buy lorazepam nortriptyline penicillinvk buy phendimetrazine buy phentermine tramadol ultram cheap acetaminophen adipex alprazolam celebrex cheap diazepam hydrocodone cheap hydrocodone lortab oxycontin cheap promethazine phentermine buy vicodin cheap propoxyphene cheap propranolol cheap spironolactone cheaptalwinnx buy phentermine cheap tetracycline tramadol ultram valium cheap valium vicodin cheap vicodin vicodin online cheap xanax zolpidem darvocetn 100 diazepam phentermine buy xanax buy hydrocodone fioricet hydrocodone cheap diazepam valium adipex phentermine tramadol ultram vicodin oxycontin phentermine ultram valium tablet vicodin online xanax tablet watch dentalcare haircare skincare </div> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108