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Michel Bauwens

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updates on p2p and commons developments; peer, commoner, husband, father, son; see our

Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @ErsinKndr : #Holochain #Holocoin #hot as we said before, holochain has the same position with 2016's #bitcoin and holo will grow quickly. Its a perfect project that we will support always. Go #holo
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @evaninsky : We’ll need new currencies, because our debt-based, fiat money is built with monetary theory that requires continual growth. Fortunately we can build ecosystems with complementary currencies on #Holochain .
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2 years
RT @InLoveWithHolo : Did you know mbauwens, founder of the @P2P_Foundation , was the first to ever tweet about #bitcoin ? Guess he was right. Now check what he thinks about #holo and #holochain and draw your own conclusions.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @threexco : Global Consensus: P2P vs Planet (top-down) Blockchain requires quantum computing 2 scale, which quickly becomes a bottom neck, centralized control Holochain is emergent computing power, piecemeal, p2p decentralization, can scale the cosmos.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @PrinsenRobert : Great p2p framework #HOLOCHAIN . It has endless scalability and #HOLOCHAIN is very secure ánd sustainable! #HOLO $HOT #HOLOCHAIN
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @threexco : The DocuSign Challenge: "Holochain could empower users more than existing products, and would be far more feasible than a blockchain version."
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @evaninsky : I’m currently building a Holochain app for bioregional textile production that incorporates localism and ‘carbon draw down’ complementary currencies.
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @123RPNFT : Firmly believe in #HOLOCHAIN , but with a couple of years in patience :). Long term investment. #HOLO $HOT #HOLOCHAIN
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @Holotroopers : Tijd voor Holochain.
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3 years
Dear Europe, just go and Find yourself...
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @jao_oliveira : I have to say that watching the last 2 seasons of Silicon Valley helped me to understand the greatness of the Holochain project. Imagine a world where you are the sole owner of all your information.
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
How a French association with 6 employees offers mainstream users free and libre alternatives to Facebook Groups, Slack, Skype and the like • Konrad Lischka
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @Fibotrading48 : #holo #holochain via mbauwens Thanks for your support. #digitalfuture loading.🎯👏👏👏⏳😎
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
@bluebird191919 @CryptoMichNL @nemo_trades @davidgokhshtein @ParkerGina6 @TheCryptoLark Bitcoin is seen as virtual gold, a universal insurance against the potential breakdown of nation-state currencies; the usual stock market is based on inflated expectations of future value, which can be sold to others; holochain is an investment in future generative tech
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @YakupDATEKN1 : Possible developments for #holo , 1) Activation of #beta version 2) Start of #holofuel swaps 3) Listing on #Coinbase ... All these possibilities and #Holochain technology is what attracts us...with patience will win.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @kevin_nipal : Hi sir, really glad to read that a respected person like you is bringing this forward. I’m an ‘investor’ of #Holochain and I truly believe we will change a lot, if not everything in the next few years ♓️ #Holo #future
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @HolochainBrasil : I am just curious to know what do you think about the fact that 1000 developers participated in the #Holochain Dev Camp, run by the community, last month? Did you know that there was this level of interest in the Dev community?
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
Dear Arthur Brock, or any other Holochain advocate, Are there any plans on your side for infrastructures of communication that preserve free speech independently of private monopolies that do not respect due process ? Michel Bauwens , P2P Foundation
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @YakupDATEKN1 : #Holochain meets the demands of people who want to: -own their own data -control their identity -customize their user experience -choose how to connect their applications -decide w whom to share their private information -be less dependent on banks or government
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @Fibotrading48 : Valuations of 3 of the leading projects of the sector. Two projects have been completed, they have projects on them and they continue. Holochain is in the testing phase and is nearing the end.+
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
@InLuvWithHolo
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2 years
Some more previews of the current #HoloFuel tests. Transactions are getting settled instantly, no miners, no waste of energy all thanks to #Holochain . And unlike blockchain, the #Holo network gets faster and more efficient the more it grows while being truly decentralized, p2p.
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @HolochainBrasil : I am doing a video series showing how p2p is already a reality with #Holochain . Feel free to spread the word, specially to your portuguese speaking friends. Take care!
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Michel Bauwens
5 years
Billionaires should be taxed out of existence, says Thomas Piketty
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Michel Bauwens
1 year
@Atotsm2 1) I'll give you my perhaps cryptic answer: Holochain is proceeding calmly but surely, outside of the hype cycle, that is a good sign, it goes for the fundamentals. But, what I want see is a ledger infrastructure that goes to the heart of our thermodynamic crisis.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @nathanwaters : I used to be deep into Ethereum from 2014-2018 then switched to Holo/chain. Lots to explore there: Ceptr, Metacurrency Project, Commons Engine, holoREA, Art Brock's content particularly on "deep wealth". ValueFlows is an epic resource:
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @Hessu357 : Holofuel has no fixed price, it's not a stable coin. It's not a coin or token at all, it's mutual credit where account balances can be + and -, net supply is always 0. Price changes as the network grows and how the hosting prices are set by the hosts.
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @PrenezP : Nous prévoyons une série de propositions portées par la P2P foundation et présentées par mbauwens dont une sur #Holochain dès que Michel est disponible !
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @evaninsky : I’m currently building a Holochain app for bioregional textile production that incorporates localism and ‘carbon draw down’ complementary currencies.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @evaninsky : Resources, Events, and Agents It’s an accounting system that was developed in the late 80’s to embrace the computer age. Checkout . This is the vocabulary the Holochain devs have used to embrace this technology.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
Heel veel dank dus aan @Aboujahjah voor het betuigen van solidariteit rond het berufsverbot. Let op, het gaat niet alleen over mijn persoon, maar over mensen die met mij meewerken, vraag maar aan Evi Swinnen van Timelab,
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
with link: RT @Fibotrading48 : Valuations of 3 of the leading projects of the sector. Two projects have been completed, they have projects on them and they continue. Holochain is in the testing phase and is nearing the end.+
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NoobiHodl
3 years
$HOT $ADA $ETH "The bottom line:.....Holochain may be poised to leapfrog beyond the lot of them, since it is capable of addressing a set of use cases that blockchain protocols simply cannot, with even higher data integrity and the kind of scalability blockchain can only dream of"
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @HolochainBrasil : muito épico! tweet original do @mbauwens de Fevereiro de 2009 falando sobre o surgimento do Bitcoin. Dizem que ele foi o primeiro a tuitar sobre o BTC. Imagina em alguns anos quando desenterrarem os primeiros tuites sobre o Holochain !
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Michel Bauwens
7 years
George Monbiot: We Need a New Political Story of Empathy and Sharing to Replace Neoliberalism via @truthout
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @kutlusoy : 1/2 You know who Michel Bauwens (mbauwens) is? He was the person who had a conversation with #SatoshiNakamoto . This tweet from 2009 confirms this. So read my next tweet also to understand what #holochain will do #btc #bitcoin #hot
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Michel Bauwens
15 years
Just wrote: Bitcoin: new open source P2P e-cash system: Satoshi Nakamoto has developed a new open sou.. http://tinyurl.com/b7gvlm
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
Here’s Holochain in 100, 200, and 500 words – HOLO – Medium
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
1) dear @jao_oliveira : my recommendation is a value-based strategy a la warren buffett <g>: invest each month a reasonable smart sum in crypto that is building long-term valuable infrastructure, such as Holo , Cardano, etc .. Next category is asset-based currencies.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @AirHotschild : . mbauwens in kim olduğunu merak edenler araştırsın, vizyon sahibi olmak böyle birşey. Geleceği İnşaa etmeye devam..♓😎 $hot #holochain
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @evaninsky : We’ll need new currencies, because our debt-based, fiat money is built with monetary theory that requires continual growth. Fortunately we can build ecosystems with complementary currencies on #Holochain .
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @threexco : Blockchain Privacy: "Our research has looked at the Holochain platform, which uses a distributed hash table to break the blockchain up, and then the chain."
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
Put a price on nature? We must stop this neoliberal road to ruin | George Monbiot | Environment | The Guardian
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Michel Bauwens
6 months
I have been waiting for this book. This is literally 'the' key to save democratic societies: "This provocative book reveals how the majority of modern liberal democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from a form of structural political decay first…
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Michel Bauwens
7 months
I have been puzzled for a while, on why the Ethereum and Blockchain communities speak of 'public goods'. They clearly are not public sector goods, and in my mind they are actually 'commons goods'. Does anyone know the history of why this term was chosen ?
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
an absolute mustread, one of the best articles on the potential impacts of the blockchain that I have seen: Future of Sovereignty in a Blockchain World - P2P Foundation
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @AvatarRoni47 : Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with me, I trust this magnificent #holo project as much as you do.
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @UniWestPress : ICYMI: this #OpenAccess book demonstrates how peer to peer enables a new mode of production and creates the potential for a transition to a commons-oriented economy @P2P_Foundation . Download a copy here:
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
Claimed to be the first ever tweet about Bitcoin: (mb: also have an email from Satoshi offering me bitcoins, but never took him up on it, and he announced it on our ning forum)
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
dear friends, VERY GOOD NEWS from Belgium, the new bank cooperative, NewB, which needed to equity crowdfund 30 million EUR to be allowed to start its activities, HAS SUCCEEDED in doing this
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @FULLFATMATT : CoTechUK: RT @open_coop : How can Platform Co-ops and open tech help grow the #cooperative economy? Join the discussion with @CoTechUK mbauwens @Loomio @DemocracyEarth @H_O_L_O_ + more. Early bird tickets ending soon - secure your place …
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @m_michelsohn : Galera, esse foi o cara que apoiou o bitcoin lá em 2009 e agora está apoiando o #Holochain . "planejando uma série de propostas trazidas pela fundação P2P e apresentadas por @mbauwens , incluindo uma sobre #Holochain "
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @PrenezP : Nous prévoyons une série de propositions portées par la P2P foundation et présentées par mbauwens dont une sur #Holochain dès que Michel est disponible !
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
One of the world's most cited computer scientists wants cooperatives to be the future of how data is owned
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
I'm really happy about this overview text introducing the commons in a evolutionary context (how they change over time in different type of civilizations)"
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @HOLOptik : launching @Neighbour_hoods I’m merely an enthusiastic supporter & admirer of Neighbourhoods & Holochain The credit should go to @SidSthalekar @pospigos @emalinus4 @mhuesch @psruano and Jethro Cramp 🙌
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @technoshaman : “Huge swaths of people, in Europe and North America in particular, spend their entire working lives performing tasks they believe to be unnecessary. The moral & spiritual damage that comes from this situation is profound.” —David Graeber
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
so much consistently good and innovative policy work is coming out of Scotland, here's another one: Supporting a Responsive and Agile Regulatory Environment for the Collaborative Economy
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @kevin_nipal : ‼️Developer wanted ‼️ Zijn er developers uit Nederland of België die kunnen coderen op #holochain ? Dit voor een nieuw project op te starten ♓️ #Holofuel #Holo #developers #Sustainability @HolochainB @Holochain_NLD
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
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3 years
For those who don't know, @mbauwens is the first person ever tweet about #Bitcoin . He is now tweets about #Holochain Use this information as you wish. $HOT #holo #Crypto
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RT @AvatarRoni47 : Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with me, I trust this magnificent #holo project as much as you do.
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
I shared it before but just to make sure people understand how pivotal this is that Amsterdam is going to implement a Doughnut Economics framework for its policy-making framework : ?
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Michel Bauwens
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Someone asked if I was familiar with I do know the originators and coders of * Holo-REA = "A ValueFlows / REA economic network coordination system implemented on Holochain & GraphQL". URL = "A suite of functionally independent…
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
50+ key Essays to understand the commons, selected by Michel Bauwens - P2P Foundation Each essay illuminates the commons from a particular and unique perspective; together they shine a bright light on the topic
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @artbrock : 1. Holochain itself has no centralized aspects that can be shut down, so as long as people want to run a hApp together, nobody can deplatform/stop them from running an app together.
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
RT @keithpp : The economy is embedded within society which in turn is embedded within Gaia. Doughnut Economics @KateRaworth #economics #Gaia mbauwens
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Michel Bauwens
7 years
A new post-capitalist ecosystem of value creation
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
RT @KateRaworth : Just bumped into mbauwens on the Eurostar - now we get to talk peer-to-peer transition into the Doughnut. Gotta love the train #serendipity
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun? ; the role of play in evolution, post-Kropotkin's mutual aid, by david graeber
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
RT @kevin_nipal : Zou ik u eens mogen vragen wat jouw relatie/achtergrond is met #Holochain ? Ik had onlangs een filmpje zien passeren waar je @artbrock interviewde. Hoe kijkt men naar holochain in de p2p wereld? Ik ben namelijk een newbie op dit gebied 😅
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Michel Bauwens
4 months
Quotation of the Day, January 1, 2023: * David Graeber on the real nature of property ""In Roman law, property, or dominium, is a relation between a person and a thing, characterized by absolute power of that person over that thing....Human beings can have relations with one…
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Michel Bauwens
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If we can believe this, the P2P Age has officially begun: "Pluto takes 248 years to circle the Sun. The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was between 1778 and 1798, a period of massive change. The American Constitution was written when Pluto was in Aquarius. The Constitution’s…
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Michel Bauwens
5 years
RT @CommonsEngine : Learn a new #currencies game with the creators of @holochain
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Michel Bauwens
7 years
“Cut the bullshit: organizations with no hierarchy don’t exist” by @francescapick
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
RT @instigating : As the price for @holochain rises the #p2p community gains reach & confidence #altcurrency #network #cryptocurrency
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
RT @instigating : Open source approach to building #ventilators being tested in Columbia #RaspberryPi @Mascobot #covid19
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Michel Bauwens
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"The Commons Economy Roadmap (CER) is a knowledge base and promotion protocol to highlight and empower what we consider to be among the most relevant 20 projects in the current economic juncture: companies and ecosystems that are building open infrastructures to regenerate…
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
If Bitcoin miners were a country they’d rank 61st in the world; it's electricity consumption is estimated to have increased by 29.98%. If it keeps increasing at this rate, Bitcoin mining will consume all the world’s electricity by February 2020.
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
BAD NEWS: Apart from the Greens, the other left parties did not support the continuation of a EU Parliamentary Intergroup on the commons, and apparently, not even on public goods. What does it say about the state of left, and its political imagination, today ??
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Michel Bauwens
5 years
"Astonishingly, it is possible to translate Ostrom’s groundbreaking ideas into digital equivalences — thanks to smart contracts."
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Michel Bauwens
3 months
P2P Accounting for Planetary Survival, working link: @artbrock wrote: Very nice work on the future of P2P accounting, sustainable supply chains, what economic transformations are necessary and in progress
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Michel Bauwens
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A concept you should know about: * Holoptism, Holopticism "Holoptism ( or more accurately " Holopticism " ? ) is opposed to panoptism. Panoptism is how knowledge is distributed in hierarchical organisations. Only the top of the pyramid has a full view of what is going on in…
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Michel Bauwens
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RT @UniWestPress : ICYMI: this #OpenAccess book demonstrates how peer to peer enables a new mode of production and creates the potential for a transition to a commons-oriented economy @P2P_Foundation . Download a copy here:
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Michel Bauwens
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via @Hessu357 we are building a system that consists of 3 parts: 1. Weaverly P2P platform for any kind of community work, starting with IT support but it can be guitar lessons, babysitting or any day to day contribution for the community. 2. Evos community reward system…
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
City of Barcelona Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Linux and Open Source
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Michel Bauwens
6 years
Qlink ; decentralized mobile network, is dedicated to constructing an open-source telecom infrastructure on blockchain.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
Apparently 15 million views of the evidence of the racist Coke trainings, where Di Angelo teaches employees to be 'less white': People experiencing this kind of abuse can report it to activelyunwoke @protonmail .com
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Karlyn Borysenko, gnostic sex cult leader
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🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: Coca-Cola is forcing employees to complete online training telling them to "try to be less white." These images are from an internal whistleblower:
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Michel Bauwens
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"Fractal Tribute is a collaborative art game built on Holochain and inspired by r/place. In this real time game, players make “moves” by placing pixels on a shared canvas, building upon all previous moves, and thus coordinating to draw new patterns and art."…
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
This Italian hospital is 3D printing new respirator valves "As Italy’s hospitals have run out of equipment, one hospital is making its own using 3D printers and local expertise."
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Michel Bauwens
2 years
RT @atotsm : #SatoshiNakamoto created the first #DAO . #Holo ain't even a #SAC (yet?). But how old was the bitcoin-project before it was actually launched?
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
So far, this is the very best article I have read on Corona, because it links the health crisis to the wider crises of our societal systems, and essentially, our lack of taking into account 'carrying capacity' and the right 'tresholds and allocations'.
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Michel Bauwens
3 years
beste Dyab @Aboujahjah mijn column in Sampol is net uit: "Hoe ik in een wokestorm terechtkwam" nogmaals veel dank voor jou column verleden maand!
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Michel Bauwens
4 years
dear friends, succeeded in getting a flight home today, leaving in about an hour ... glad to be with my wife and 2 of my children in Chiang Mai for these trying times See you in perhaps 24 hours
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