S. McCarthy asks "what if we change to p2p systems when the majority of 'energies' are in the industrial paradigm/structure?"

Sam notes: Yochai Benkler discusses in the "Wealth of Networks":

There is no guarantee that networked information technology will lead to the improvements in innovation, freedom, and justice that I suggest are possible.

That is a choice we face as a society.

The way we develop will, in significant measure, depend on choices we make in the next decade or so.

more notes to come here