p2p is short for peer-to-peer. In 2050, p2p technologies such as the internet and 3D-printing have enabled p2p social processes such as the Wikipedia model and open source collaboration to spread to the physical world. p2p networks connect people globally on a decentralized and ad-hoc basis. Individuals and local as well as global communities are empowered to do more for and by themselves without relying on industrial supply-chains and hierarchical structures. With this factual empowerment via global collaboration a surge in democratization all over the world was only the next logical step. About p2p.
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The Blue Marble is a historical photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft. The photo is likely one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence. (Wikipedia)
Author: Mauro Bieg
