Collected insights (in my own words) from Media Ecologies Manchester #mediaecomanc09

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Posted Tue, 11/03/2009 - 16:49 by Sam Rose
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http://www.espach.salford.ac.uk/sssi/p2p/

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

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