The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jeremy Rifkin - Integral Post-Metaphysical Spirituality2024-03-29T15:59:53Zhttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/the-zero-marginal-cost-society-by-jeremy-rifkin?commentId=5301756%3AComment%3A56531&feed=yes&xn_auth=noExcellent article by Monbiot.…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2017-09-10:5301756:Comment:697362017-09-10T22:16:17.528ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4039066063475803314"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/09/george-monbiot-how-de-we-get-out-of-this-mess?platform=hootsuite" rel="nofollow">Excellent article</a> by Monbiot. He's right to assert that one's worldview narrative trumps all other considerations, like facts. Such stories organize how we see everything through their lenses. Monbiot notes that the two…</span></span></div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4039066063475803314"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/09/george-monbiot-how-de-we-get-out-of-this-mess?platform=hootsuite">Excellent article</a> by Monbiot. He's right to assert that one's worldview narrative trumps all other considerations, like facts. Such stories organize how we see everything through their lenses. Monbiot notes that the two major narratives of our time are social democracy and neoliberalism. While having different means and goals they both have the same narrative structure: </span></span><br/> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br/></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Disorder afflicts the land, caused by powerful and nefarious forces working against the interests of humanity. The hero – who might be one person or a group of people – revolts against this disorder, fights the nefarious forces, overcomes them despite great odds and restores order." <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This notion of a hero has to go; we the people collectively and collaboratively become the initiators and maintainers of the story, not some special class of enlightened ones. We work together to enlighten each other, and it is in that <a href="http://www.academia.edu/33552616/Collective_Enlightenment_Through_Postmetaphysical_Eyes" target="_blank">collaborative interaction</a> where the enlightenment resides, not some special individual achievement.</span></span></span></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He explains why we can't simply go back to the earlier story of social democracy to overcome the current story of neoliberalism. Among other reasons, the earlier story assumes continual economic growth with the same consumer lifestyle, devastating to the environment and more fuel for climate chaos. </span></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So we must create a new story ASAP. This story must be based on our evolutionary capacity for mutual collaboration and aid. It's one that rejects the narrative told by neoliberalism of "extreme individualism and competition." Instead we share ownership and stewardship in community, respecting and honoring each other and the environment. </span></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"W</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">e will develop a new economics that treats both people and planet with respect. We will build it around a great, neglected economic sphere: the commons. Local resources will be owned and managed by communities, ensuring that wealth is widely shared. Using common riches to fund universal benefits will supplement state provision, granting everyone security and resilience."</span></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monbiot shows how this story has already been taking shape and having positive effects. Sanders's campaign was one huge water mark. It organized numerous small networks via the internet and got most of its spending money from a large number of small donors. Such tactics were used successfully by Corbin in the UK. The <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.indivisibleguide.com/">Indivisible Guide</a> grew out of this learning process. </span></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So in also keeping <a rel="nofollow" href="https://georgelakoff.com/2016/03/02/why-trump/">with Lakoff</a> it's the Big Picture Story around which everything else revolves. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-rifkin/collaborative-commons-zero-marginal-cost-society_b_5064767.html">Rifkin</a> would wholehearted agree. The collaborative commons narrative is here to stay, gaining ground by the day. The more we feed it the more it becomes a reality. Keep up the good work citizens.</span></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PS: It's up to syntegralists to functionally fit themselves within this narrative, not the other way around.</span></span></div> According to this article sol…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-12-18:5301756:Comment:666072016-12-18T18:36:06.103ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>According to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-15/world-energy-hits-a-turning-point-solar-that-s-cheaper-than-wind?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social" target="_blank">this</a> article solar power is now cheaper than wind power. This is in large part due to China rapidly deploying the tech and helping to finance it in other countries. Solar is also undercutting…</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-15/world-energy-hits-a-turning-point-solar-that-s-cheaper-than-wind?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social" target="_blank">this</a> article solar power is now cheaper than wind power. This is in large part due to China rapidly deploying the tech and helping to finance it in other countries. Solar is also undercutting fossil fuel prices. Besides China, other emerging markets are leading the way, like Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa, and India. The OECD countries meanwhile are still mostly tied to fossil fuels. And the US, with its new government administration, will set back alternative energy production in the US for decades, as it's now completely controlled by the fossil fuel industry.</p>
<p>Speaking of the latter, see our new Environmental Protection Agency's <a href="http://integralpostmetaphysicalnonduality.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-new-environmental-protection.html" target="_blank">agenda</a>.</p> Here's Rifkin on investing an…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-08-25:5301756:Comment:662252016-08-25T17:29:01.568ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>Here's Rifkin on investing and connecting before the recent <a href="http://www.cor.europa.eu/bratislavasummit/">7th European Summit of Regions and Cities in Bratislava</a>:</p>
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<p>Here's Rifkin on investing and connecting before the recent <a href="http://www.cor.europa.eu/bratislavasummit/">7th European Summit of Regions and Cities in Bratislava</a>:</p>
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</p> The P2P Foundation here takes…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-08-10:5301756:Comment:659992016-08-10T19:07:19.694ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>The P2P Foundation <a href="https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/think-rifkins-post-capitalist-approach-part-one/2016/08/10?fb_action_ids=10157189149115548&fb_action_types=news.publishes">here</a> takes a look at a Ph.D. thesis: <a href="http://research.usc.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/usc:20301">Making Sense of Rifkin’s Third Industrial Revolution</a>: Towards a Collaborative Age. McAllum, Michael J C. Thesis submitted to The University of the Sunshine Coast. Under the supervision…</p>
<p>The P2P Foundation <a href="https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/think-rifkins-post-capitalist-approach-part-one/2016/08/10?fb_action_ids=10157189149115548&fb_action_types=news.publishes">here</a> takes a look at a Ph.D. thesis: <a href="http://research.usc.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/usc:20301">Making Sense of Rifkin’s Third Industrial Revolution</a>: Towards a Collaborative Age. McAllum, Michael J C. Thesis submitted to The University of the Sunshine Coast. Under the supervision of Dr. Sohail Inayatullah & Dr. Marcus Bussey. Submitted: June 7, 2016. The article is an in-depth look at the thesis, which is an in-depth look at Rifkin's work.</p> In this article CA powered 6…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-07-23:5301756:Comment:661132016-07-23T19:35:54.655ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>In <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-powered-6-million-homes-solar-energy-beats-state-record_us_578f94b3e4b07c722ebd24ec?section=" target="_blank">this</a> article CA powered 6 millions homes with solar power on a good day recently. And that was from large solar plants, without counting the solar energy generated from over 500,000 private home units. CA's renewable energy initiative in leading the US.</p>
<p>In <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-powered-6-million-homes-solar-energy-beats-state-record_us_578f94b3e4b07c722ebd24ec?section=" target="_blank">this</a> article CA powered 6 millions homes with solar power on a good day recently. And that was from large solar plants, without counting the solar energy generated from over 500,000 private home units. CA's renewable energy initiative in leading the US.</p> In this video Rifkin talks ab…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-07-12:5301756:Comment:660702016-07-12T16:59:25.711ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p><span><span><span><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>In this video Rifkin talks about the reorganization of unions and co-ops. Unions in particular have to update their organizational structures from top-down leaders to a member democracy. As it is we've seen leadership of unions continue to support the capitalist economy and i</span></span><span><span><span>ts adherents like the Clintons instead of embracing the collaborative commons economy through membership democracy. Co-ops…</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>In this video Rifkin talks about the reorganization of unions and co-ops. Unions in particular have to update their organizational structures from top-down leaders to a member democracy. As it is we've seen leadership of unions continue to support the capitalist economy and i</span></span><span><span><span>ts adherents like the Clintons instead of embracing the collaborative commons economy through membership democracy. Co-ops have the economic democracy but need to engage the dominant economic structure via political engagement. They all must also make choices not to support those capitalistic appropriators of the new tech who feed their own monopolies, like Uber.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p>California is going nuclear free. See <a href="http://www.foe.org/news/archives/2016-06-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-to-be-shut-down">this</a> story from Friends of the Earth. CA has always been the US leader on progressive change for the better. A brief excerpt follows. See the article for details.<br></br> <br></br> "An <a class="external" href="http://www.pge.com/jointproposal" target="_blank">historic agreement</a> has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other…</p>
<p>California is going nuclear free. See <a href="http://www.foe.org/news/archives/2016-06-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-to-be-shut-down">this</a> story from Friends of the Earth. CA has always been the US leader on progressive change for the better. A brief excerpt follows. See the article for details.<br/> <br/> "An <a class="external" href="http://www.pge.com/jointproposal" target="_blank">historic agreement</a> has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other environmental and labor organizations to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors with greenhouse-gas-free renewable energy, efficiency and energy storage resources. Friends of the Earth says the agreement provides a clear blueprint for fighting climate change by replacing nuclear and fossil fuel energy with safe, clean, cost-competitive renewable energy. "</p> Cool, Edwyrd - I hear you on…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-06-15:5301756:Comment:660352016-06-15T16:11:27.145ZAmbo Sunohttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/AmboSuno
<p>Cool, Edwyrd - I hear you on all the work involved to bring this decision into being.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Edwyrd theurj Burj said:…</cite></p>
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<p>Cool, Edwyrd - I hear you on all the work involved to bring this decision into being.<br/> <br/> <cite>Edwyrd theurj Burj said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/the-zero-marginal-cost-society-by-jeremy-rifkin?commentId=5301756%3AComment%3A65748&xg_source=activity#5301756Comment65748"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://integralpostmetaphysicalnonduality.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-net-neutrality-victory.html" target="_blank">This</a> is a major net neutrality victory. I post it here because net neutrality is central to the internet of things being a vehicle for developing the collaborative commons, the emerging and better socio-economic system. Btw, this victory was achieved by we the people responding in the millions to the FCC and our representatives, a huge accomplishment considering the money and power of the corporate ISPs.</p>
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</blockquote> This is a major net neutralit…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-06-15:5301756:Comment:657482016-06-15T15:36:59.295ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p><a href="http://integralpostmetaphysicalnonduality.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-net-neutrality-victory.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This</a> is a major net neutrality victory. I post it here because net neutrality is central to the internet of things being a vehicle for developing the collaborative commons, the emerging and better socio-economic system. Btw, this victory was achieved by we the people responding in the millions to the FCC and our representatives, a huge accomplishment…</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://integralpostmetaphysicalnonduality.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-net-neutrality-victory.html" target="_blank">This</a> is a major net neutrality victory. I post it here because net neutrality is central to the internet of things being a vehicle for developing the collaborative commons, the emerging and better socio-economic system. Btw, this victory was achieved by we the people responding in the millions to the FCC and our representatives, a huge accomplishment considering the money and power of the corporate ISPs.</p> "I was wrong about the limits…tag:integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com,2016-05-03:5301756:Comment:646312016-05-03T19:06:11.519ZEdward theurj Bergehttp://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/profile/theurj
<p>"<a href="http://electrek.co/2016/04/28/i-was-wrong-about-the-limits-of-solar-pv-is-becoming-dirt-cheap/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I was wrong about the limits of solar</a>; PV is becoming dirt cheap."</p>
<p>"The price of solar power is falling faster than many thought was possible. <a href="http://www.keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog-1/cheapsolarpower">Harvard’s David Keith</a> comes honest with us about solar power: 'Facts have changed. I was wrong. [...] The unsubsidized electricity…</p>
<p>"<a rel="nofollow" href="http://electrek.co/2016/04/28/i-was-wrong-about-the-limits-of-solar-pv-is-becoming-dirt-cheap/" target="_blank">I was wrong about the limits of solar</a>; PV is becoming dirt cheap."</p>
<p>"The price of solar power is falling faster than many thought was possible. <a href="http://www.keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog-1/cheapsolarpower">Harvard’s David Keith</a> comes honest with us about solar power: 'Facts have changed. I was wrong. [...] The unsubsidized electricity cost from industrial-scale solar PV in the most favorable locations is now well below $40 per megawatt-hour and could very easily be below $20 per megawatt-hour by 2020. Compared to other new sources of supply, this would be the cheapest electricity on the planet.'"</p>
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