Ep 35 | UTOKing with Michel Bauwens | Toward a Wisdom Commons

In Episode 35, Gregg welcomes Michel Bauwens. Michel is a theorist and developer in the emerging field of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) collaboration. He is also a writer, and conference speaker on the subject of technology, culture and business innovation. He founded the P2P Foundation, a global organization of researchers working in open collaboration in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. In this episode, Michel recounts the twists and turns in his professional life and how he developed the vision and structure for the Peer-2-Peer Foundation. He also discusses his strong critique of the "woke" movement and how recent political battles have impacted the direction of the P2P Foundation. Near the end, he and Gregg sync up on a possible vision of a future wisdom commons.

here is Michel's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bauwens
here is the P2P Foundation homepage: https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Main_Page
here is the P2P Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

📘 Empire by Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26694.Empire