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Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 61 Integral's COS Production System & Ending Market Capitalism 25.09.2026 2h 38min

In Episode 61, Peter Joseph continues his module-by-module exploration of Integral with a walkthrough of the Cooperative Organization System (COS)—one of Integral’s five subsystems, responsible for bringing people, materials, tools, and production processes together to build and distribute goods and services. COS is presented as Integral’s non-market production-coordination framework, translating certified designs from the Open Access Design System (OAD) into executable plans adapted to each community node’s capacities and constraints. Alongside organizing production, it generates the real-world labor, resource, ecological, and operational data that Integral’s economic calculations depend on. The episode walks through all nine modules of the COS: Production planning and work breakdownLabor organization and skill matchingResource procurement and materials managementCooperative workflow executionCapacity, throughput, and constraint balancingDistribution and access flow coordinationQuality assurance and safety verificationCooperative coordination and inter-co-op integrationTransparency ledger and audit The walkthrough explains how COS supplies the Integral Time Credit (ITC) system with evidence for two distinct calculations: recognizing people’s contributions and determining access obligations for goods and services. It also shows how production records support the Feedback and Review System (FRS) in monitoring conditions, identifying trends, and maintaining accountability. Rather than a fixed, one-way production pipeline, Joseph describes a self-correcting cooperative network in which information about skill shortages, bottlenecks, ecological impacts, reliability, and availability continually returns to the processes that can respond. The episode concludes with practical scenarios involving community transport sharing and a proposed off-grid communication network, illustrating how Integral’s subsystems could work together as local nodes develop shared infrastructure and progressively reduce dependence on the existing market economy. SUPPORT & LINKS Integral Website:https://integralcollective.io/ This channel is not monetized (no ads). Please consider subscribing and supporting Peter's work: Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Direct Donation:https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 EPISODE & READING MATERIAL Main Website & Transcript:Pending Medium Transcript:Pending Read latest Substacks:https://substack.com/@peterjoseph The New Human Rights Movement (Book):https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing/dp/1942952651 PODCAST PLATFORMS & COMMUNITY Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, and Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive:https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Mailing List:https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Reddit Community:https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ About Peter:https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI SOCIAL MEDIA Peter Joseph:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Integral:X (Twitter): https://x.com/org_integralInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/integralcollective/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/integralcollective

Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 60: Integral’s OAD -- Explored 04.05.2026 1h 35min

In episode 60, Peter Joseph continues his module-by-module exploration of Integral with a walkthrough of the Open Access Design System (OAD) — one of Integral's five subsystems and the network's collective engineering, architectural, and creative intelligence. OAD replaces the R&D function of private enterprise with a global design commons, where every design is open, every improvement benefits everyone, and ecological, lifecycle, and labor implications are made computable upfront. Walking through all ten modules of the OAD pipeline — from structured submission through collaborative refinement, material and ecological coefficient analysis, lifecycle and maintainability modeling, feasibility simulation, labor decomposition, systems integration, optimization, certification, and global commons archival — the episode also shows how OAD generates the structured design intelligence that COS and ITC depend on for non-market production coordination and access valuation, and how the entire pipeline functions as a self-correcting design organism that learns from real-world deployment feedback over time. Please support Peter's efforts through: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Main Website & Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/episode-60/

Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 59: Integral’s CDS, Explored 20.04.2026 1h 16min

In this episode, episode 59, Peter Joseph returns to Revolution Now with a major update on the development of Integral, outlining progress on the website, white paper, developer guide, GitHub, and Discord infrastructure, while also explaining the importance of Phase 1 planning, simulation, and proto-node development. The core focus then turns to Integral’s Collaborative Decision System (CDS), with a detailed walkthrough of its democratic logic, module structure, consensus process, objection mapping, and the broader challenge of building an intelligent, non-hierarchical system of social coordination. So please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Integral Website: https://integralcollective.io/ Medium Transcript: Pending Website & Transcript: Pending Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/@peterjoseph Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing/dp/1942952651 Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography

Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 58 Integral & the Mirage of “Marxism.” 21.01.2026 1h 57min

About: In this episode, Peter Joseph addresses the release of the Integral White Paper, as the core focus, and critiques the pervasive vagueness of alternative economic discourse, arguing that terms like socialism, communism, and Marxism function as empty abstractions that obscure real systems analysis and ultimately reinforce capitalism. He outlines why market price mechanisms fail as tools of economic calculation, ecological balance, and democratic coordination, and introduces Integral as a technically grounded, cybernetic, post-market transition system built around five core subsystems designed to enable cooperation, sustainability, and post-scarcity conditions. The episode also explores human compatibility with collaborative systems, challenges myths about “human nature,” and emphasizes the necessity of structural change over ideological debate. Joseph concludes by warning of accelerating authoritarianism in the United States as a product of capitalist power dynamics, stressing that without transforming underlying economic structures, political regression and ecological collapse will continue unabated.

Revolution Now! w/ Peter Joseph | Ep. 57 Understanding Recursive Democracy & Requisite Variety 09.09.2025 1h 23min

Understanding Recursive Democracy & Requisite Variety

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep. 56 : The Capitalist Roots of War + Interview w/ Abby Martin 20.06.2025 1h 40min

In Episode 56 of Revolution Now! (approximately two hours), Peter Joseph explores the links between market economics and the drive toward imperialism, conflict and international war. Also discussed is the importance of overriding "Hedonic Adaptation" in pursuit of post-scarcity, as associated to the Integral Project. The program concludes with a 45 minute interview with investigative journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin in regard to the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, Palestine. PLEASE support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Website & Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing/dp/1942952651 Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep. 55 | "Civil Rights Regression, Integral & Lee Camp" 13.04.2025 1h 55min

In Episode 55 of Revolution Now! (which runs approximately two hours), Peter Joseph explores ten false ideas/narratives that contribute to the modern erosion of civil and human rights. He then reviews the abstract for a forthcoming white paper on the Integral Parallel Economy activist project. Finally, he is joined by Lee Camp, who discusses his new show and the troubling state of global affairs. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Website:https://www.revolutionnow.live/

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep 54 | Feb 9th 2025 09.02.2025 2h 15min

In this (2 hour+ !) episode of Revolution Now (Episode 54), Peter Joseph examines the complexities of systemic transition and the limitations of reformist approaches to change, including a critical review of Jason Hickel’s work. The episode concludes with a 40-minute conversation with Alfie Kohn on the destructive nature of competition. Key topics include:-Defining capitalism in a coherent and precise way.-The strategic foundation of the Integral Parallel Economy project.-The importance of out-system leverage points in driving meaningful change.-Value distortions within market economics (exchange vs use)-Why negative human behaviors are often mislabeled as human nature.-The common failures of social movements and the dangers of group identity. And more. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjosephor Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Website & Transcript: Pending Medium Transcript: Pending Read the latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #53 | Dec 18th 2024 18.12.2024 1h 13min

In this episode, the focus is on introducing a new phase of the podcast with expanded content, including visuals, interviews, media analysis, and discussions of current events, while ensuring accessibility for audio-only listeners. It revisits foundational critiques of the socio-economic system, highlighting how market capitalism's competitive nature drives ecological destruction, inequality, and systemic dysfunction. The episode emphasizes the urgency of systemic change, arguing that solutions like technology or policy within capitalism are inadequate. It then discusses a collaborative socio-economic model rooted in sustainability, cooperation, and participatory economic governance, challenging traditional ideologies and exploring approaches the building of a parallel, collaborative-based, economic transition out of market economics. Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation:https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Read latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #52 | Oct 16th 2024 16.10.2024 34min

In this episode, Peter Joseph critiques the pervasive belief in competition as a beneficial force for personal development, creativity, and societal progress. Drawing on research by Alfie Kohn and Daniel Pink, he argues that competition actually hinders creative problem-solving and distorts human motivation. Joseph explores how monetary rewards and the market economy create narrow, self-serving goals that undermine genuine innovation. He also discusses the harmful effects of market-driven incentives, such as planned obsolescence, and the interconnectedness of industries that profit from maintaining problems rather than solving them. Website & Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/episode-52/ Medium Transcript: https://peter-joseph.medium.com/market-incentive-disorders-the-myth-of-competitive-benefit-0d25bf385e13 Please support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Read latest Substack: https://substack.com/home/post/p-149986086?source=queue&autoPlay=false Get Peter's latest book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #51 | Sept 12th 2024 13.09.2024 32min

In episode 51 of Revolution Now, Peter Joseph discusses sociological causality and its profound influence on human behavior. He emphasizes that systemic change, especially in the economy, is necessary to alter behavior, and activism must focus on changing the system itself, not just individual minds. He also explains the difference between internal and external system regulation, and hence the importance of cybernetic self-regulation, while offering a critique regarding the inefficiency of government regulation in managing market forces, noting that market dynamics, driven by money, overpower democratic efforts to correct issues like environmental degradation and inequality. This is not a side effect. The money-power feedback loop is far more powerful than the market-instability-regulatory loop and even democracy itself, making workable regulation toward homeostasis or balance impossible. Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/episodes/ Support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph or Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Read latest Substack: https://peterjoseph.substack.com/p/nexus-from-capitalism-to-fascism Get Peter's latest book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #50 | July 6th 2024 05.07.2024 30min

In this episode, Peter discusses the anti-democratic roots of market capitalism and the dynamics therein. Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live Support Peter's efforts through: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Read latest Substack: https://peterjoseph.substack.com/p/nexus-from-capitalism-to-fascism Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #49 | May 30th 2024 30.05.2024 41min

In this sprawling episode, Peter discusses the requirement of minimalism in our understanding of post-scarcity; the reason historical idealists have been wrong about predicting the future role of labor-saving automation; the nature of creativity and failure of common communicative forms, along with primary and secondary considerations in market incentive thought. Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/episodes Support Peter's efforts through: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Read latest Substack: https://peterjoseph.substack.com/p/nexus-from-capitalism-to-fascism Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Substack: https://substack.com/@peterjoseph This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #48 | April 19th 2024 19.04.2024 34min

In this episode, Peter touches upon the role of science, the wisdom of cybernetician Norbert Weiner and gives a description and some audio previews of his new film work "Zeitgeist | Requiem" Support Peter's efforts through: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266 Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Substack: https://substack.com/@peterjoseph This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/ “Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNI

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #47 | Nov 5th 2023 05.11.2023 55min

In this episode, Peter expands on the importance of system change, given our collective society "is producing outcomes that no one intends" due to system functions that go unseen; hence the failure of incrementalism as a method of change, concluding with an analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/episodesSupport Peter's efforts through:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Direct Donation: https://www.gentlemachineproductions.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5f1ef0539d5bc56fac97a266Substack: https://substack.com/@peterjoseph Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/“Zeitgeist | Requiem” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJ8KPZakNITicket notice for March 15th screening of “Zeitgeist | Requiem”: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/zeitgeist-requiem-by-pe

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #46 | July 5th 2023 05.07.2023 50min

In this episode, the overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile in 1973 is discussed, along with the consequential destruction of Stafford Beer’s Project Cybersyn. Other issues examined are the nature of scarcity, poverty, empire and social neuroses. Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live Support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/Substack: https://substack.com/@peterjoseph Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #45 | May 15th 2023 15.05.2023 1h 8min

In this episode, further exploration of the dangerous growth function endogenous to market economics is explored along with how traditional activism misunderstands the structural determinism and structural constraints inherent, making common political activity virtually pointless in the context of economic change. Support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Get Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ This podcast is also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial/

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #44 | March 29th 2023 28.03.2023 1h 41min

In this episode, the problem of activism is approached from the angle of our shared social nature, particularly conformity through biopsychosocial forces, inhibiting change. An extra, hour-long interview is also appended.

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #43 | Jan. 24th 2023 24.01.2023 29min

In this episode, different forms of activism are analyzed, with the central focus on development-based activism, in the interest of economic change. Transcript: https://www.revolutionnow.live/episodes “A Viable Society” prezo, as mentioned in this podcast: https://youtu.be/8RSZMVxfv38 Support Peter's book, The New Human Rights Movement:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691520/the-new-human-rights-movement-by-peter-joseph/ Support Peter's efforts through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/peterjoseph Also available on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts. Website & Free Archive https://www.revolutionnow.live/ Join Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RevolutionNowPodcast/ About Peter: https://www.peterjoseph.info/biography Join his mailing list: https://www.peterjoseph.info/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterjosephofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peterjosephofficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZeitgeistFilm

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #42 | Nov 9th 2022 09.11.2022 28min

In this episode, the “near zero sum game” of market economics is discussed along with the myth of economic self-reliance.