'I suspect Castells would see environmentalism as a network of hope. ' .. Reminds me of this: http://io9.com/5966689/after-extensive-mathematical-modeling-scientist-decla... Werner, a complex systems researcher at UC San Diego, spoke on Wednesday at the huge American Geophyiscal Union conference going on in San Francisco. This is a meeting where a typical talk might be called "Status and potential capacities to sequester carbon of China's terrestrial ecosystem," or "The significance of the opening angle of pyroclast ejection during explosive volcanic eruptions." Werner's talk really was called "Is Earth Fucked?" [...] Capitalist culture tends to encourage decreases in "dissipation of transactions" – it is much easier to get food now than it used to be, or to talk to someone not next to you. These changes reduce friction within our system, and a reduction in friction "promotes instability." [...] The abstract for Werner's invited talk at the AGU went even farther, stating that the an important solution is "Environmental direct action, resistance taken from outside the dominant culture, as in protests, blockades and sabotage by indigenous peoples, workers, anarchists and other activist groups." ;-) Natalya On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Scott MacLeod <helianth@gmail.com> wrote:
e Power of Identity" (2004, rev. ed.) here on networks and environmentalism (pp. 180s). I suspect Castells would see environmentalism as a network of hope. Does he touch on this in his new book? (I've taught a course for 7 semesters on 'Society and Information Technology,' on Harvard's virtual island in SL, engaging a fascinating course of his I attended at UC Berkeley in 2000). I also just added your paper and Castells' new book to World University and School's 'Network Society.' wiki, subject page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Network_Society.
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