the-hub.net was was I had in mind, but thanks for the other link! I’ll check it out.

I do include reputational stuff under the heading of a “desktop licensing regime” in one of my chapters.

I realize this is a very rough draft but I’m loving what I’ve been reading so far.
Chapter 4 about phyles is especially interesting.

I have three questions/suggestions, mostly (but not only) relevant to chapter 4:

1. I noticed a placeholder in chapter 6 with a reference to Proudhon’s idea of the “agro-industrial federation”. Will you consider possible ways that this idea may be useful in other chapters / related to other topics than education and credentialing?
For example, I would think looking back into what Proudhon said on federation can be relevant to the theme of phyles in chapter 4.

2. I see a section title in chapter 4 (the content of the section still missing for now) named “The Hub”. Is your intention to write about the-hub.net, the co-working network, or hubculture.com, the international community that uses Ven as a currency (and also uses co-working in its ‘pavilions’)?
I personally think that the latter has several features that are compatible with you theme of phyles and I would like to know what you think of it in this context.

3. This suggestion is a very vague one, but still: I think you should look into the concept of reputation systems and the work of people like Rachel Botsman and other who study them (Botsman’s focus is specifically on how they facilitate what she calls ‘collaborative consumption’ but other contexts, like regulation, also come to mind).
You already mention trust in chapter 4 section XXII, “Emergent Cities”, I just hope you can elaborate on that and maybe go into detail.

That’s all.. Thanks
Shachar

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