JD>>Does someone have a convincing argument that capitalism will collapse if
it
doesn't expand geographically?
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Geographic space is only one type of space. Imagine buying and selling data
structures in cyberspace as a form of real estate transactions. In it's own
way, cyberspace has the potential to become as large as astronomical space.
So spatial considerations are irrelevant with regards to collapse. The
relationships between energy, information and knowledge are pivotal in the
coming century. Post oil possibilities within capitalism are enormous if
capitalists and governments INVEST in them; just watch how the linkages
between physics and computer science and electronic engineering grow
stronger. We're at the tip of an iceberg with this stuff! As the current
intellectual property rights disputes wage on, it's a battle for who will
own the knowledge. It's the path dependency of the land grab mentality
inherited over the last 500 years that's' screwin' us up too. Michael's work
as well as others critiquing the current diseased paradigm is very very
important and as I hinted at earlier can lead to different notions of
subjectivity as well. Imagine a webhead from silicon valley talking to
someone from say, Boonville, Indiana or Rwanda; almost totally different
worlds.
Ian
