michel on cosmo local plan
michel bauwens on cosmo local ness plan
michel on cosmo localism.. voc – michel bauwens – cosmo localism.. et al
via tweet [https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2091914728306020543?s=20]:
Can you check this ?
* The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization
https://4thgenerationcivilization.substack.com/p/the-cosmo-local-plan-for-our-next (wiki version if no access: https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Cosmo-Local_Plan_for_Our_Next_Civilization)
also: https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Cosmo-Localization
More at https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Cosmo-Local_Production
notes/quotes from wiki version [https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Cosmo-Local_Plan_for_Our_Next_Civilization]:
Cosmo-Local Plan for Our Next Civilization
* Article: The Cosmo-Local Plan for our Next Civilization. Towards a convergence of the local bioregional resilient production efforts with the global coordination and ‘Capital for the Commons’ capacities of Web3. Michel Bauwens, Dec 20, 2024
URL = https://4thgenerationcivilization.substack.com/p/the-cosmo-local-plan-for-our-next
Michel Bauwens:
< To put it bluntly, Web3 and the crypto economy is still largely an ‘exit’ play for financial and coding elites, practicing the arbitrage of nation-states, but without much connections to local communities and resilient production; Similarly, local communities engaged in relocalized and regenerative production are not in sync with the mutual coordination capacities developed in the crypto/web3 context. >
In this article I want to summarize the specificity of the cosmo-local approach to the present and future of human civilization. Cosmo-localism is a third option, next to the two great competing options of the Western ‘mercantile’ world order and the neo-sovereignist alternatives that are based on a renewed control of associated nation-states. In these two options, the digital is merely used to reinforce existing logics of power and control; in cosmo-localism, the digital is used to fundamentally reorganize the world order.
to me.. warning ness et al.. to ‘fundamentally reorg’.. has to be sans any form of m\a\p
findings from on the ground ness deep dive on why we need tech w/o judgment
ie: the dance won’t dance unless/until it’s 1\ all of us 2\ legit free
nothing to date (ever since that day) has gotten to that root of problem
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..
So let us first define what we mean by adding these two contradictory terms together: the local and the cosmic.
michel on cosmo localism.. voc – michel bauwens – cosmo localism et al
A cosmo-local approach has obvious advantages in this context:– Relocalizing production saves a sizeable amount of matter and energy
humanity needs a leap.. to get back/to simultaneous spontaneity .. simultaneous fittingness.. everyone in sync.. the dance
– Production on demand can eliminate the huge impetus to create artificial needs and desires
been artificial need/desire ing ever since that day.. (hari rat park law et al).. need 1st/most: means (nonjudgmental expo labeling) to undo hierarchical listening – so we can hear what’s already on each heart as global detox in order to org around legit needs
– If we add open source knowledge, this means that any innovation anywhere in the common network, is instantly available to every node in the network ; this means that the switch in growth from towards exclusive efficiency, towards a balance between efficiency and resilience, can be accelerated. This is what we have called ‘True Accelerationism’.
to me.. intellectness as cancerous distraction to the dance.. rather. the accel we need most – the legit exponentiate ness of nonjudgmental expo labeling – ie: why we need tech w/o judgment..
for (blank)’s sake
The current techno-logical conditions make such a shift eminently imaginable, and technically feasible, although there are still huge social and political obstacles in the way of such a shift.
takes a lot of work/time ness .. to me.. comes from not creating a ‘coord’ mech for all from the get go.. aka: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness et al
On the positive side of the ledger:
ledger ness we need – nonjudgmental expo labeling – hosting life bits style in system that is baan leave law style
· Open source technology, now responsible for 80% of all used software, in the form of free software, shared knowledge, and open designs, creates the capacity to share knowledge and experience over networks, rapid collective learning, and accelerated innovation
makes no diff how rapid/accel is till perpetuating same song
· Web3 and crypto have created the capacity to fund shared infrastructures in open eco-systems, through processes such as public goods funding; other advances in funding make it possible to move towards bioregional regenerative funding ecosystems
to me.. if still funding ness.. no matter how publicly and good we think it is.. it’s still perpetuating 10-day-care-center\ness and still perpetuating survival triage.. then not legit open/regen.. et al
· Maker technology, including advances in 3D printing, make it possible to move towards distributed manufacturing, using a ‘on demand’ logic of production
maker ness we need begs gershenfeld something else law
It may be be useful to distinguish the ‘players’ that we see involved in such a transformation:
to me.. if still ‘distinguish‘ ing the players’.. not legit free.. not open/unconditional enough for everyone from the get to..
o But all of these arrangements also need capital inflows, but a particular kind of capital that is compatible with the development of commons-based networks.
to me.. only way to get to the dance is if we try/code money (any form of measuring/accounting/people telling other people what to do) as the planned obsolescence.. where legit needs are met w/o money.. till people forget about measuring..
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
Elsewhere, we have provided a ‘global history of regulation’, which indicates the systemic characteristics that the new system must have.
again.. findings from on the ground ness.. deep dive on why we need tech w/o judgment:
1\ undisturbed ecosystem (unconditional part of common\ing) can happen
2\ if we create a way to facil the seeming chaos of 8b (aka: all) legit free people (aka: unconditional part)
the dance won’t dance unless/until it’s 1\ all of us 2\ legit free
any form of regulation ness et al is red flag we’re distracting the dance
In this context, the cosmo-local option is not focused neither on a belief in the total self-regulation of market forces (including in the form of multistakeholder governance alliances as proposed by the WEF ideology), nor just a neo-sovereignist restoration of the inter-nation state system, but on something novel: the creation of a new type of commons-based regulatory mechanism that can operate on a global level.
we don’t need a reg mech.. this is huge.. and this is the thing we can’t seem to let go
(because since that day we haven’t let go enough and keep perpetuating myth of tragedy and lord and then using that as rationale of why we can’t let go of ie: some sort/form of reg/control)
and so this is why we need tech w/o judgment..
The goal to be imagined is the following:
· On the local level we have the existence of allied local productive actors which can be organized around specific functional domains of activity (say the various provisioning systems), or perhaps, alliances of complementary local production initiatives, which may seek transnational support and strength, but most importantly translocal capital. The historical precedent for this, have been called ‘Neo-Venetian Networks’ or ‘Phyles’ by David de Ugarte.
same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..
props to phyle ness and david de ugarte et al.. but still not legit free
ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness).. because
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
It is important to recap what Web3 has already brought to the table in this context:· A capacity to globally coordinate human labor and fund it
to me.. no capacity to global coord if still talking labor and funding ness.. again.. 10-day-care-center\ness et al
There are however, also serious obstacles:
· Crypto and impact funding are not finding their way to relocalized and translocal production ecosystems; and are at this stage, hardly involved in real physical production.
· Local commons and digital nomads are not well connected at the present time.
to me.. the only thing that can/will legit ‘connect’ us.. are legit needs – just 2 missing pieces
until we org to restore/uncover those.. we’ll just keep perpetuating (again) myth of tragedy and lord
To put it bluntly, Web3 and the crypto economy is still largely an ‘exit’ play for financial and coding elites, practicing the arbitrage of nation-states, but without much connections to local communities and resilient production; Similarly, local communities engaged in relocalized and regenerative produaction are not in sync with the mutual coordination capacities developed in the crypto/web3 context.
this is describing everything to date.. nothing to date legit free/humane
mufleh humanity law et al
On the one hand, we have a thriving and well-funded field of Web3 technologies, unconnected and unrelated to actual physical production; on the other hand, we have an explosion of underfunded local production.
To achieve the next great civilizational advance, towards a cosmo-local world order, we will need to bring those two worlds together!”
rather.. need to let go of funding ness.. and org for something legit diff.. graeber make it diff law et al.. graeber rethink law et al..
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