valley of commons day 2
valley of the commons – day 2
via voc tweet [https://x.com/VotC2026/status/2092175744885502381?s=20]:
The second day of seeding the Valley is happening. Join us now for the Return of the Commons with @mbauwens! https://youtube.com/watch?v=J97geZeThFo
notes/quotes from 90 min video:
8 min – michel starts.. but no sound
10:30 min – (sound starts) m: basically want to anchor commons in wrong history of civ.. kojin karatani – wrote structure of world history.. talks about modes of exchange (rather than of productions): 1\ with whole – commoning primary mode of humanity.. the family is a commons.. not charging your kids.. also not gifting. that’s the 2\ gifting in order to make friends.. paradox.. if i gift to you i’m now superior to you.. a specific (rather than general of the commons) gifting.. 3\ state 4\ market
14 min – but then he introduces something new called mode d (in chart titled: the evolution of coord systems and teh pulsation fo the commons dynamic – mode a: communal sharing/gift local stigmergy, kinship/tribal; modes b&c: authority ranking and market priciing, civ.. commons marginalized/enclosed) mode d: permanent attempt to recreate mode aat a higher level of complexity..t
higher/est level of complexity/simplicity = unconditional ness..
and nothing to date (ever since that day) has gotten to that root
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
ie: 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..
16 min – trying to civ the warriors.. humanize the civ… et al
17 min – now going to the age of the spirit.. have to do things to make that happen – via hanzi freinacht.. t
to me.. this is huge and why we need tech w/o judgment.. to do the thing we can’t seem to do/be – uncondtional
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
18 min – question is .. what can we do today.. i don’t think it’s politics.. i think it’s networked communities that implement.. that are constructing.. their future right now
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)
for that dance to dance it has to be 1\ all 2\ trying the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
again: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
19 min – solution is not in conflict but in a new synthesis.. solution is in people already implementing regen lifestyles that can sustain the planet
to me.. this is not yet deep enough.. because again.. for that dance to dance it has to be 1\ all 2\ trying the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
which is something not yet tried/seen (ever since that day)
20 min – on history misconceptions.. presenting idea that commons were normal before capitalism
but still nothing to date.. and since that day.. has been legit commoning.. so .. all data from history ness are irrelevant s.. ie: data from whales in sea world.. perpetuating myth of tragedy and lord
25 min – what’s the solution.. market? state? i don’t like either.. no balance.. so idea is .. what if we need to expand the commons at the global scale..t only solution to create cosmo local institutions that can balance out the power of capital
and again.. that’s why we need tech w/o judgment:
1\ all – the expo labeling part
and
2\ free – the nonjudgmental part
of
tech as nonjudgmental expo labeling
48 min – my thesis is that just as tribal was overcome by civ.. because had higher coord capacities.. now need something else.. that is what we should be doing.. massive global mutal coordination..t create groups/value et al.. thru talking to each other.. signaling at this high planetary scale..
to me.. this is exactly the problem.. yes we do now have means for ‘massive global coord’.. but it’s not about (we don’t need net/ai to) create groups/value et al..
the high planetary scale we need 1st/most is tech as it could be as a 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
1:00 – we’re not going to get rid of the nation that easily..
again.. why we need global detox leap
1:01 – now about the global – on eggshell ness of the commons
1:05 – we need a politics of paradise.. not going to mobilize masses of people around a negative.. so i looked at what people did after the collapse
rather .. need a legit nother way via a 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..
stopped here.. close to q&a
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