Inflation . What is it?
Inflation is a tool of the capitalist. Or just a random thing that happens in a complex system of interacting…h.hh.t.yt,6u… Read More Inflation . What is it?
Should we be afraid of AI?
Accept that the AI made in our image could be conscious or accept that consciousness is something non-physical. Or at least requires squishiness.… Read More Should we be afraid of AI?
High Anxieties doco – the mathematics of Chaos (BBC 2008)
Documentary from the BBC just when the GFC was unfolding. It was obviously in the works beforehand and covers how the determinist idea of mathematics was fractured by chaos theory and the “butterfly effect”. The last segment with Lovelock (from Gaia theory fame) and how we are on a slope of climate change rather than… Read More High Anxieties doco – the mathematics of Chaos (BBC 2008)
The problem with staking in the decentralised world
The decentralised/blockchain community holds independence, freedom and a lack of hierarchy as a core ideal, however they are using a flawed method from game theory that will do the opposite of their intentions. Staking Staking is everywhere in the new decentralised economy. Whether it be Proof-of-Stake to determine who gets to verify a transaction –… Read More The problem with staking in the decentralised world
The Age of Idleness
We stand idle in the heat Crammed onto a platform waiting for a train delayed by 10 minutes The platform is overcrowded move down the platform, move down the platform the announcer keeps saying To where I wonder I have spent the last 8 hours idly moving data around a spreadsheet something a computer could… Read More The Age of Idleness
Decentralised UBI with stable coin and uses – DemoKratia
Integrated decentralised Guaranteed Income (GI) of 30k (K30,000), with a full-Ampleforth scaled stable coin, face recognition based verification of unique identity + Idena (flip tests) sweep to weed out fake accounts. Demurrage and flow siphon (transaction tax) to control inflation. Automated self-lending (DeFi) service, coin/token/fiat exchange, pay per use social media. And social money for… Read More Decentralised UBI with stable coin and uses – DemoKratia
Suburbia – an odd thing to choose
Suburbia – An odd thing to choose “The cities will be part of the country; I shall live 30 miles from my office in one direction, under a pine tree; my secretary will live 30 miles away from it too, in the other direction, under another pine tree. We shall both have our own car. … Read More Suburbia – an odd thing to choose
Work in the post Covid era
WFH is confusing and maybe progress.… Read More Work in the post Covid era
Lender-less borrowing – the end of banks
There is no reason to have a lender when you borrow money, you can just borrow from yourself at zero interest. How is this possible? Our view of money and debt has changed significantly in the last 12 years since the GFC. We used to think banks took our deposits of government printed cash and… Read More Lender-less borrowing – the end of banks
Fixing the world
Modern Monetary Theory: democratising money Universal Income: Empowering real people Trustless decentralised bureaucracy: decreasing the labour and difficulty in doing simple tasks, and eliminating nepotism. Liquid democratic organisations: Real democracy for shared resources and infrastructure including healthcare Automate: Its still cheaper to exploit cheap workers than to automate, we need to automate all labour and… Read More Fixing the world