Stefan Merten | 19 Dec 2011 10:35
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[ox-en] Oekonux book

Hi list!

Those who have participated longer in Oekonux may remember that once
in a while we discussed the option of an Oekonux book. Finally I made
up my mind: The Oekonux book needs to be written now! I am ready to do
most of the work to make this happen.

The topic of the book will be

	     Peer production as a new mode of production

I.e. the central underlying topic of the whole Oekonux debate. It will
explain basic Oekonux theory fragments stitching them together to form
a comprehensible big picture.

Instead of a collection of more or less independent articles it will
have a story line. It should follow a scientific approach but on the
other hand it needs to be comprehensible enough to be readable for the
general public.

It will be in English. The main writing should be done until the end
of 2012 - though this is not a fixed date but more a goal to work
towards.

As of now I'm not completely sure of how exactly this will work. What
I know, however, is this: I don't want to do it alone. So during the
last few weeks I asked some friends for their contribution. StefanMz,
Graham, FranzN and ChristianS agreed to contribute. It's my goal that
none of them needs to disagree with anything in the book.

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Diego Saravia | 19 Dec 2011 19:53
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Re: [ox-en] Oekonux book

>   1. Evidence for a new mode of production
>
>      * Free Software
>
>      * Wikipedia
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>      * Open Access, Free Hardware, Free Music, Open Streetmap
>

if all examples are of the virtual kind  you cannot argue about
something extrapolable to material goods, your book cannot be used to
support the idea of a new mode of production or exchange for all kinds
off goods.

In that line the book "must" study peer production of material goods.
Non fordian industrial organisation in witch all workers split a
portion of the work assuming its own capital (non marxian explotation)
, and coordinate work via participative enabling  software (non
vertical order).  These are the two roots of the new production mode
in marxian terms.

if we fail to provide some examples of that kind, the only theoretical
new stuff under the hood is marginal cost freedom due to virtuallity.

Materialistic cooperative open source methods are where we can find
the foundations of a new production mode and not in ethical free
software, free of cost copying. (these ethical ideals are a legal
necesity in a corrupted word, but not the motor of a new era)
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Diego Saravia | 19 Dec 2011 19:57
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Re: [ox-en] Oekonux book

> support the idea of a new mode of production or exchange for all kinds
> off goods.

or non exchange

> Materialistic

and dialectical

>cooperative open source methods are where we can find
> the foundations of a new production mode and not in ethical free
> software, free of cost copying. (these ethical ideals

and metaphysical

>are a legal

enabling

> necesity in a corrupted word, but not the motor of a new era)
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Stefan Meretz | 3 Jan 2012 11:52
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Re: [ox-en] Oekonux book

Am 19.12.2011 19:53, schrieb Diego Saravia:
>>   1. Evidence for a new mode of production
>>
>>      * Free Software
>>
>>      * Wikipedia
>>
>>      * Open Access, Free Hardware, Free Music, Open Streetmap
> 
> if all examples are of the virtual kind  you cannot argue about
> something extrapolable to material goods, your book cannot be used to
> support the idea of a new mode of production or exchange for all kinds
> off goods.
> 
> In that line the book "must" study peer production of material goods.

I agree. The third bullet point already includes Free Hardware, but this
should not only meant to be the design part of the hardware. I think we
have bunch of good material for that study.

Have a great new year!

Ciao,
Stefan

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