Electric city

During this summer Yahoo tried to gain ground to Youtube-Google launching a webseries produced and written by Tom Hanks, ‘Electric city‘. The plot is set in a post-apocalyptic era, where mankind has been reduced to small settlements whose main business is to produce electric power. With fossil and nuclear fuel sources mostly depleted, the communitiesSigue leyendo «Electric city»

Commons-based peer production

What the Internet and its descendants teach us is that there are now new models for doing things together, success stories that prove convincingly that you don’t need bureaucracies to facilitate public collaboration, and you don’t need the private sector to innovate. “So was the Internet created by Big Government or Big Capital? The answerSigue leyendo «Commons-based peer production»

Utopia stakes for sale (@honduras)

Have you ever dreamt of creating your very own society from scratch?, with your own laws, taxes, social services, education system, police forces, courts? Have you ever thought how would your living place be if everything could be defined from zero? What kind of community will you end up having? What would be your systemSigue leyendo «Utopia stakes for sale (@honduras)»

Elinor Ostrom – Governing the commons

Elinor Ostrom (Agosto 1933 – Junio 2012) fue la primera mujer en recibir el premio Nobel en economía gracias a su trabajo sobre el procomún. La profesora Ostrom dedicó su vida a estudiar la relación de las sociedades con los ecosistemas en los que viven, con cómo desarrollar prácticas sostenibles que aseguren el equilibrio ySigue leyendo «Elinor Ostrom – Governing the commons»

Implántate el chip

A colación de el blackout, mi novela en la que las corporaciones toman control sobre el mundo e incorporan implantes a sus adheridos-trabajadores para tenerles más y mejor controlados, leo una noticia que muestra que no iba tan desencaminada ni que la idea fuese tan descabellada. USA está en vías de aprobar una reforma enSigue leyendo «Implántate el chip»