Michel Bauwens: EU Commons Intergroup

Cultural Intelligence
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Michel Bauwens

What We Share: A Commons- Intergroup takes off in the EU Parliament

Sophie Bloemen of the Commons Network

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The intergroup can be understood as confirmation of the aspirations and discourse of the commons becoming a political force. In a way, the bottom-up movement is given a certain political legitimacy by the intergroup. . . . Commons thinking expresses a strong denial of the idea that society is and should be composed of atomized individuals living as consumers. Instead the commons discourse points to the possibility that people can live their lives as citizens, deeply embedded in social relationships. Moreover, that citizens’ active participation is important in realizing wellbeing and a well-functioning society. Read full article.

Nik Peachy: TeamUp Calendar for Groups

IO Tools
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Nik Peachey

This looks like a great tool for organising student projects, timetables or group events. You can even get students to use it as a diary tool and submit their homework straight into it. Best of all it doesn't require registration.

Useful for small and large organizations, profit and non-f[profit, travel planning and gap recognition, space reservations, equipment sharing, process tracking, conference agenda planning, and more.

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Michel Bauwens: Open Source Everything Nine Sub-Categories Finalized

#OSE Open Source Everything, Architecture
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Michel Bauwens

The following nine sub-categories will be used to organize all pages falling within the top category of Open Source Everything at the P2P Foundation wiki. Curators are sought.

  1. Open Data
  2. Open Governance
  3. Open Health
  4. Open Infrastructures
  5. Open Intelligence
  6. Open Manufacturing
  7. Open Provisioning
  8. Open Software
  9. Open Space

Jean Lievens: End of Capitalism & Rise of Sharing Economy

Economics/True Cost
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Jean Lievens

Immanuel Wallerstein on when Capitalism will die

Chaos until 2050 while capitalism dies — Davos (hierarchy, exploitation, polarization) will try to prevent Puerto Alegre (democratic, egalitarian, efficient resource management – no waste). Three catastrophic possibilities: environmental crisis, pandemics, nuclear war. Entire capitalist system creates toxins that are “dumped in the river.” If true cost economics are respected, “profit” in sense of accumulation and hoarding must end. Need pervasive cultural change that in turn impacts on choices, investments, technology applications.  Phi Beta Iota: compelling.

Second reference and graphic below the fold.

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Michel Bauwens: 10 Open Source Policies for a Commons-Based Society

Access, Data, Design, Economics/True Cost, Education, Governance, Innovation, Knowledge, P2P / Panarchy, Politics, Resilience, Science
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Michel Bauwens

10 Open Source Policies for a Commons-Based Society

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1 Education 2 Research 3 Purchasing 4 Patents 5 Data 6 Collaboration 7 Commons 8 Health 9 Economy 10 Systemic Change

Tip of the Hat to Jean Lievens.

Open Government Graphic Below the Fold

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Stephen E. Arnold: Open Source Analytics – Datameer Goverance Tools for Hadoop

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Stephen E. Arnold

Datameer: Action, Not Talk, about Data Governance

A happy quack to Datameer. The company is providing tools to deal with issues related to data quality, compliance, and security. If you Hadoop, Datameer is taking action, not just talking with regard to Hadoop crunching. With “end users” fooling around with analytics, outputs can be exciting. Some Statistics 101 students would be reluctant to turn these “reports” is at the end of the term. For MBAs, point and click analyses are quick and easy. Outputs? Hey, isn’t anything generated by a computer correct? Navigate to “Datameer Adds Governance Tools for Hadoop Analytics.”