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| | P2P FOUNDATION NOVEMBER 10, 2011 How Much of the Economy is Friction? Charles Hugh Smith raises the question of how much of the U.S. economy consists of the actual output of goods and services, versus the friction entailed in producing them. As a small example, he cites a physicians’ group that includes ten doctors — and twelve billing clerks. The reasons are structural and geometrical. | | | | | | | | | |
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ELSUA | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011  Back to Blogging: Fosca (1998 – 2011)
It’s hard to believe the last time that I had a chance to drop by over here in this blog to create another entry was a bit over a month ago! My goodness! Where did the time really go over the last few weeks? bet a bunch of you folks thought I had given up on blogging altogether ( once again, after this long hiatus!) and move elsewhere. Always! MORE >> -
JENNY CONNECTED | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 Rhizomatic Learning – does the metaphor stand up?
This is rather a bold question to which I don’t have any answers, but about which I do have some tentative thoughts. Metaphors are a powerful tool for helping people to visualize and think about whatever is being discussed differently, in new ways or with fresh understanding. What is a rhizome? Storage of nutrients. Production of new living tissue. MORE >> -
PORTALS AND KM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 My App Gap Posts for October 2011
The AppGap posts began toward the end of January 2008. Here, I am primarily doing product commentaries with a few other things thrown in. Below are the ones for October. There will be more in November. IBM Rational Drives Software Development Collaboration and Innovation. Leslie Owens on Enterprise Search. MORE >> -
P2P FOUNDATION | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011  Arthur Brock & Eric Harris-Braun explain the Metacurrency Project at #OccupyWallStreet
Arthur and Eric talk about re-claiming our capacity to create wealth and the Metacurrency Project on Re-visioning Money Day at OWS (on 10/24/11). Arthur Brock & Eric Harris-Braun at OWS from StormCloud Media on Vimeo. P2P Money Video MORE >> -
P2P FOUNDATION | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 Producing for our own consumption: generalizing the Scott Bader experience
David Braden thinks aloud on how to move towards a community economy , inspired by E.F. Schumacher’s Good Work and his mention of the experience of the Scott Bader coop company : “On the one hand, there are people who cannot find, or have stopped looking for, a paying niche in our market economy. We are hooked there on a technology. MORE >>
- The MuA Project | Monuments at risk: Press Release P2P FOUNDATION | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011
- The world-historical importance of #15M and #OccupyWallstreet: Using Lateral Power to Transform the Political/Economic Landscape P2P FOUNDATION | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011
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