Difference between revisions of "Category:P2P Transition"

The transition to a peer-to-peer (P2P) society implies that our relationships become less hierarchical (in the context of domination hierarchies, not hierarchies of empowerment), and increasingly between equals ; that is, between peers. Power is diffused and more 'distributed' across society. In the understanding of the P2P Foundation, we are in a transitional period towards a system that can act within planetary boundaries, which also require a form of social equity. This is achieved through the model of a commons-centric society. This doesn't require abolishing the other forms of allocation which have existed in tandem for 5,000 years, i.e. commoning, the gift economy, redistribution (the state) and market allocation, but a new equilibrium amongst them, and a evolution from a market-centric capitalist society, to a commons-centric post-capitalist society.

The pages in this category involve, in some way or other, the question of how we are getting there or what it would be like. There are many insights to be had from previous transitions in society between one system and another.

Key Concepts of this Category

• See our page on Peer to Peer ; Commons

Useful Learning Resources

Introductory

• Michel Bauwens on the Transition to the New Peer to Peer System of Social Sharing of Goods and Services 29 minute video, 2016
• The basic orientation of p2p theory towards societal reform: transforming civil society, the private and the state
• To the Finland Station: the political approach of P2P Theory

Deeper Study

• Criteria for a Post-Transitional Economic System. By Daniel Schmachtenberger.
• Transitioning from the Ego System to the Eco System Approach. By Otto Scharmer.

From the P2P Foundation

• Bauwens, M., Kostakis, V., & Pazaitis, A. (2019). Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto, London: Westminster University Press. [1]. See our entry: Peer_to_Peer:_The_Commons_Manifesto_(Book)

• What You Should Read To Understand the Commons: reading list

• Our first proposed Commons Transition Plan (FLOK version), for the government of Ecuador

• Our Commons Transition Plan for the City of Ghent ; and further reflections: Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions.

Related Categories

• Category: Commons Transition ; Category: Commons Policy
• On the simultaneous transformation of civil society, the market and the state: Category:P2P_State_Approaches ; Category:P2P_Market_Approaches ; Category:Civil_Society