meaningful title: "V. THE BENEFITS OF INDUSTRIAL INTERNET 1. Industrial Sector Benefits: The Power of One Percent" perfect expression of the class struggle against the 99%
On 17 jan. 2013, at 17:23, Kevin Carson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Michel Bauwens > <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://files.gereports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ge-industrial-internet-vision-paper.pdf > > Interesting. Looks like another variant of greenwashed/cognitive > capitalism as the basis of a new Kondratiev Wave or engine of > accumulation. > > It presupposes 1) integrating smart transportation/power/inventory > management systems and an "internet of things" into the existing > global corporate institutional framework, and 2) relying heavily on > "cybersecurity" and strong IP law to enforce that institutional > framework against the naturally decentralizing and deflationary > tendency of network organization, in order 3) to enclose the network > revolution within a hierarchical framework and preserve it as a source > of rent for the existing power structure. > > In short, it's an attempt at a Hail Mary pass to snatch victory from > the jaws of defeat for transnational corporate capitalism, and coopt > the potential of liberatory technologies into their dying system. > > > -- > Kevin Carson > Karl Hess Chair in Social Theory, Research Associate > Center for a Stateless Society http://c4ss.org > > "You have no authority that we are bound to respect" -- John Perry Barlow > "We are legion. We never forgive. We never forget. Expect us" -- Anonymous > > Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto > http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com > Desktop Regulatory State http://desktopregulatorystate.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation
