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March 27, 2009 at 2:19 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Today I attended two keynotes on the limitations of peer production by Stefan Merton and another on the social organization of peer production by Mathieu O’Neil(Which, it turns out, is not at all based on equelibrety and therefore ‘peer’ might not be the right word. I prefer distributed in this context.)Both presentations ended in truly passionate and enlightened debates. one central issue in both discussions was the relationship between peer production and the existing capitalist system.It’s a really long discussion, but I think that what we are experiencing is a transition from one way of organizing production to another. That peer production as a logic of organization rather than an ideology will eventually out compete the industrial logic on sheer effectiveness. That means that it really isn’t relevant to talk about peer production as opposed to capitalism. The way I see it peer production is what capitalist industrialism is evolving into as we speak.
It’s a matter of logic, not ideology.
March 27, 2009 at 5:05 am · Filed under Uncategorized
I am currently attending the Oekonux 4 conference held at the University of Manchester by the P2P Foundation. The next few blog post will address some key issues discussed at the conference that maybe even shed some light on matters related to the subject matter of the conference: “Free Software and Beyond - The World of Peer Production”. What I am especially interested in still in anticipation of the first keynote is:
- The organization of peer production: Are we still going to have companies as we know them producing our assets, or will we see a completely different organization of production and labour?
- The limitations of peer production: We know peer production works on digital products such as open source software, music, and design, but where are the limits of when peer production is the most effective organization of production? Services? Cars? Food?
- Practical implications: How do you actually set up peer production?
I might find some further issues that are more relevant, but if these questions sound intriguing hang on for updates over the next few days. Thanks.
