The Impact of P2P and Peer Production on our Economy, Society and our Digital Media Future

Just discovered a new inspiring speaker via the blog Smart Mobs called Michel Bauwers. Below his presentation with a 50 minute timeframe on P2P, peer-to-peer networks, communities, co-creation, mass collaboration, open innovation, FabLabs, wikinomics and peer production.

Highly recommended as this is one broad overview of key trends in our economy, society and digital media infrastructure. It is all-encompassing and thought provoking in many many ways. And it is clear. It integrates the views from Yochai Benkler, Lawrence Lessig, Howard Rheingold, Kevin Kelly, Don Tapscott, Henry Jenkins, Neil Gerschenfeld, Chris Anderson, David Weinberger and Alex Steffen in a new way. However, I do miss the impact of biotech and nanotech on his vision of peer production.

My 2 cents concerning this video:
- I do believe that open source, commons-based, non market peer production will grow the coming decades, both in the immaterial as well as material world (using Web/FabLabs).
- I like the distinction between hierarchical systems, decentralised systems and distributed systems and its impact on self organisation and fluidity (reminded me of David Weinbergers' latest book on categorisation). As the world clearly is moving at the speed of light towards to innovation, agility and flexibility, the distributed (web and P2P) model seems to become the dominant model, both organisationally as well as technically.
- I support the idea that the increasing autonomy and empowerment of individuals and their social networks/peers will reverse the power balance. Sources of trust are in peers, no longer in key institutions. Strong institutions with power are relevant and effective in situations where individuals are not empowered (enough), these are increasingly a thing of the past. Indeed, Eamonn Kelly - CEO of Global Business Network - wrote a piece on the impact of the emergence, self organisation, bottom-up culture on global issues. Additionally, Paul Hawken recently made the growing impact of NGOs explicit in this book Blessed Unrest.
- I dig the idea that peer production is about intrinsic motivation, authenticity, love and passion. And that's precisely why these initiatives thrive, both economically as well as ethically. If you self-select a project, YOU are in there with your whole mind and heart, including all your social and ecological values and norms. This means in my view that key improvements in our ecological and social agenda worldwide will be driven by these peer produced projects and not primarily by for-profit organisations (e.g. WiserEarth, WorldChanging etc.).

Comments

[Steven Kruyswijk]

Te gekke presentatie zeg. Komt bijna alles in naar voren wat ik ook op mijn lijstje heb staan, voornamelijk: hoe maken we een nieuwe currency die peer production kan faciliteren.

Wat er in mij opkomt is het idee van mass consumption naast mass production. Wat als we mass consumption verregaand zouden faciliteren. Denk engadget die ineens een hele lijst goeie feedback voor de Sony e-Reader weet te produceren, tot en met wilde ideeen als de AH die leuke etentjes voor klanten onderling gaat bemoedigen.

Gaaf in ieder geval om te zien dat een Laaglander het zo goed op een rijtje heeft :) Ik ga zijn wiki maar eens checken.

[MichaelK]

Hi there

WiserEarth's taxonomy of 378 areas of focuses includes some which I think you might be particularly interested in, such as Information and Communication Technology, Internet, Appropriate Technology, Media and Communication, Community Participation, Publishing and Video.

Anyone can view the WiserEarth database, but if you want to edit or add to one of the currently 107,000 orgs, or events, jobs and resources, simply register for free as a user. An org on WiserEarth includes student associations, foundations, international ngos, research institutes and local community groups.

Another useful thing to try, is to search for orgs in the city where you live in.

[Marko Rinck]

Hi Yuri,

Nice to see something by Michel Bouwens at your blog. I find him interesting too. If want to read more from him, check out his website: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/

Thanks,
Marko

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