Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

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Towards 'Civilizational' AI : our central task in 2026
Join the important conversation at WAMOTOPIA 2026 in Chiang Mai, on January 21.
 • Michel Bauwens
Anthropological Reflections on the Monetary System
The end-of-year article by Mosadoluwa Fasasi is followed by an extensive collection of quotes to help us think about the multiple aspects of money and…
 • Michel Bauwens
Where Will Technology and Rural Revitalization Lead Us? And what do Paris-tasting croissants in an isolated Chinese mountain village have to…
A third party account, and guest travelogue, about Michel Bauwens' visit to grassroots communities in Mainland China.
 • Michel Bauwens
The role of the Chinese developmental model in the context of a history of societal coordination
A rewrite of my X diary series, #BauwensInChina, on X.com/mbauwens, with 70 entries so far.
 • Michel Bauwens
Industrial Commoning and the Chinese P2P Paradox: What China Owes to Open Models
#BauwensInChina: reflections of a Commons-Oriented Traveler to the Chinese grassroots communities, who are seeking to tackle the meaning crisis amongst…
 • Michel Bauwens
The problem with money may not be what you think: an alternative analysis of the root of the problem.
A guest editorial by Michel Foata-Prestavoine. The Problem is the Transactional Symmetry, and the proposed solution is the Common Good Unit, a…
 • Michel Bauwens
The frontier of human coordination has moved East
A Review of Chor Pharn’s “Coordination Limit” Series, by guest writer Mosadoluwa Fasasi
 • Michel Bauwens
Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization
Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization
My personal Substack for sharing articles and structured curation on the theme of the emergence of a commons-centric civilization.
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