"...In this article, Michel Bauwens discusses an emerging human social dynamic called: peer to peer (P2P). According to the author, this is a major post-industrialisation shift in distribution networks that is affecting production, governance, and property through processes that aim to increase the most widespread participation by equipotential participants (participants who have equal, not proprietary, access to information). This essay aims to develop a conceptual framework ('P2P theory') capable of explaining these new social processes..."