This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism.
V. Kostakis
3-d printing Commons-based peer production Political economy alternative life forms capitalism creative destruction dynamics economy environmental practices free/open source software futures governance infrastructure innovation policy intellectual property