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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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You can't tell me what to do with my land! | P2P Foundation

Individualism, at first, only saps the virtues of public life; but in the long run it attacks and destroys all others to be absorbed in selfishness

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Socialize Social Media!

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Society is distinct from the economy in that no direct monetary rewards flow from participation. Being popular may help you make money, and having money may in turn make you popular, but no one is paid a fee for his personal popularity, nor can I pay people to like me. The autonomy of society is limited but nevertheless real.
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This entry was posted on Friday, December 27th, 2013 at 5:09 am and is filed under MediaP2P InfrastructuresP2P Public PolicyP2P RightsPeer Property. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Can we own our big data ourselves ? | P2P Foundation

Can we own our big data ourselves ? | P2P Foundation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Can the commons serve as an alternative to the corporate or state domination of big data, the lifeblood of this dawning digital world? Can it serve as the foundation for collective empowerment? Can it provide a means of criticizing the IT corporations’ perception of themselves? From the Berliner Gazette, presenting the project, ‘Big Data in …
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The time has come to socialize social media as the public utilities that they are!

The time has come to socialize social media as the public utilities that they are! | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Social media services can ultimately be run as public utilities, ad-free, at cost, in a democratic spirit and for social ends, in their enormous variety—or else digital society can become ever more subservient to the single end of the accumulation of private capital. The choice is between social life as an advertising platform and socialized social media.

 
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