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Gordon Cook: Policy Paper on Connectivity

Policy Paper on Connectivity 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3 Technical Background 3.1 Peering and Transit – How thousands of Networks become the Global Internet 4. Special Issues in Connectivity 4.1 Access for Scientists 4.2 Access for Rural Areas 4.3 Access for Citizens via a Civil Society Stakeholder Body 5.The Ecuadorian Political, Economic, and Infrastructural …

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Gordon Cook: Telecommunications Infrastructure as Commons Local Self-Determination

PDF (154 Pages): PART I: Do-It-Ourselves Telecommunications: Guifi.net Commons Coming to US from Catalonia – In Spain & US We Are Now Building Network Infrastructure Held as Commons Background on why the public must take back control of the communications infrastructure while providing universal free access to all. Background on guifi.net in Spain and Kansas …

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Gordon Cook: Highly Recommended Video “Modern Money and Public Purpose – The Historical Evolution of Money and Debt” – Partial Transcription

An hour and three quarters, hugely relevant to our problems today, strongly recommended. Modern Money and Public Purpose: The Historical Evolution of Money and Debt L. Randall Wray and Michael Hudson present at the Modern Money and Public Purpose seminars. L. Randall Wray is a Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Michael …

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Reference: Gordon Cook on Technology, Economics & Public Interest – Occupy and the Current Global Downturn

2012-04-13 Cook Report Technology Economy and Public Interest Phi Beta Iota:  Gordon Cook sets the gold standard for thoughtful integrated observations and analysis of the Internet.  His materials is read by the greatest of pioneers such as Vint Cerf, as well as by those who aspire to be pionoeers, such as those building the Freedom …

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Reference: Gordon Cook on Freedom Tower and the Autonomous Internet – Peer to Peer User-Owned Communications and Computing Infrastructure

2012-04-13 Cook Report Peer to Peer Freedom Tower Phi Beta Iota:  This is a hugely important reference work, the first of its kind, and very strongly recommended to all who care about human dignity, human freedom, and human evolution. See Also: Reference: Gordon Cook on Technology, Economics & Public Interest – Occupy and the Current …

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Gordon Cook: On the State of Economics – An Exchange Dedicated to #OWS and Society Achieving a Broader Understanding

Here is the final paragraph from an essay by John Kay titled The Map is Not the Territory: An Essay on the State of Economics The preposterous claim that deviations from market efficiency were not only irrelevant to the recent crisis but could never be relevant is the product of an environment in which deduction …

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