Reframe Michel Bauwens references as part of broader movement

Shift from hagiographic tone to matter-of-fact. Frame the P2P
Foundation Wiki, commons frameworks, and three modes of production
as collective achievements rather than one person's legacy.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const CARDS = [
},
{
title: "Living Commons",
body: "Michel Bauwens built the P2P Foundation Wiki — 25,000 pages of commons knowledge. That's the seed. Now we grow the forest: knowledge, tools, and infrastructure that belong to everyone. Not static archives but living, growing resources — tended by communities, freely shared across the mycelial web.",
body: "The P2P Foundation Wiki holds 25,000 pages of commons knowledge, built by hundreds of contributors over two decades. That's the seed. Now we grow the forest: knowledge, tools, and infrastructure that belong to everyone. Not static archives but living, growing resources — tended by communities, freely shared across the mycelial web.",
},
]

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@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export function HeroSection() {
className="emerge-letter text-sm sm:text-base opacity-40 max-w-xl mx-auto"
style={{ animationDelay: "1.5s" }}
>
Born from the P2P Foundation. Rooted in the legacy of Michel
Bauwens. Powered by mycelial principles.
Born from the P2P Foundation and the Commons Stack.
Powered by mycelial principles.
</p>
{/* Terminal tagline */}

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@ -17,22 +17,18 @@ export function LegacySection() {
</h2>
<p className="text-lg sm:text-xl opacity-70 max-w-2xl mx-auto">
Every network grows from somewhere. Ours grows from the Commons
Stack and the life&rsquo;s work of Michel Bauwens.
Stack, the P2P Foundation, and the broader commons movement.
</p>
</div>
{/* Michel Bauwens tribute */}
{/* P2P Foundation */}
<div className="section-reveal max-w-3xl mx-auto space-y-6">
<h3 className="font-serif text-2xl sm:text-3xl font-semibold">
The Librarian of the Commons
The P2P Foundation
</h3>
<div className="space-y-4 text-base leading-relaxed opacity-80">
<p>
For over two decades,{" "}
<strong className="opacity-100">Michel Bauwens</strong>{" "}
(1958&ndash;2024) dedicated himself to a monumental task:
documenting the emerging paradigm of peer-to-peer collaboration
and commons-based alternatives. The{" "}
The{" "}
<a
href="https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/"
target="_blank"
@ -40,22 +36,22 @@ export function LegacySection() {
className="domain-link"
>
P2P Foundation Wiki
</a>{" "}
he created contains over 25,000 pages of carefully curated
knowledge &mdash; case studies, theoretical frameworks, policy
proposals, and practical guides that have informed countless
projects worldwide.
</a>
, started by Michel Bauwens (1958&ndash;2024) and shaped by
hundreds of contributors, documents the emerging landscape of
peer-to-peer collaboration and commons-based alternatives. Over
25,000 pages of case studies, theoretical frameworks, policy
proposals, and practical guides &mdash; an open knowledge base
that continues to inform projects worldwide.
</p>
<p>
Michel wasn&rsquo;t just a theorist. He was a{" "}
<em>librarian</em> in the deepest sense &mdash; someone who
believed that knowledge, freely shared and carefully tended, could
transform society. His frameworks for{" "}
Out of this work came key frameworks:{" "}
<strong>commons-based peer production</strong>, the{" "}
<strong>partner state</strong>, and{" "}
<strong>cosmo-localism</strong> (&ldquo;design global, manufacture
local&rdquo;) gave the commons movement its intellectual
foundations.
local&rdquo;). These ideas didn&rsquo;t belong to any one person
&mdash; they emerged from a network of researchers, practitioners,
and communities building alternatives in the open.
</p>
</div>
</div>
@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ export function LegacySection() {
{/* Three modes */}
<div className="section-reveal glass-card p-6 sm:p-8 max-w-3xl mx-auto">
<h4 className="font-serif text-lg font-semibold mb-4 opacity-70">
Michel&rsquo;s Three Modes of Production
Three Modes of Production
</h4>
<div className="grid gap-4 sm:grid-cols-3 font-mono text-sm">
<div className="space-y-1">
@ -122,8 +118,7 @@ export function LegacySection() {
token engineering, augmented bonding curves, and conviction
voting, the Commons Stack and its{" "}
<strong>Trusted Seed</strong> community developed regenerative
funding mechanisms for exactly the kind of commons infrastructure
Michel championed.
funding mechanisms for commons infrastructure.
</p>
<p>
But tools alone aren&rsquo;t enough. The Commons Stack taught us
@ -169,7 +164,7 @@ export function LegacySection() {
{[
{
title: "Preserve",
text: "Archive and steward Michel's knowledge commons. The P2P Foundation Wiki, oral histories, theoretical frameworks \u2014 ensuring decades of accumulated wisdom remain living resources, not static monuments.",
text: "Steward the knowledge commons. The P2P Foundation Wiki, oral histories, theoretical frameworks \u2014 ensuring decades of accumulated wisdom remain living resources, not static monuments.",
},
{
title: "Sustain",
@ -204,7 +199,7 @@ export function LegacySection() {
&ldquo;The more we share, the more we have.&rdquo;
</p>
<cite className="block mt-3 text-sm opacity-40 not-italic">
&mdash; Michel Bauwens
&mdash; a commons proverb
</cite>
</blockquote>
</div>

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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const PRINCIPLES = [
},
{
title: "Mutual Aid",
body: "Every node strengthens the network. Every network strengthens each node. Michel Bauwens called this commons-based peer production — contributory, needs-based collaboration as the third mode of production beyond state and market. In a mycelial system, there are no extractors — only participants in a web of reciprocal support.",
body: "Every node strengthens the network. Every network strengthens each node. The P2P Foundation called this commons-based peer production — contributory, needs-based collaboration as the third mode of production beyond state and market. In a mycelial system, there are no extractors — only participants in a web of reciprocal support.",
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