i'm an engineer not a scientist, so i use the term loosely. i don't know what will happen when people use this system! :)
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Replying to @mattsiegel
It's genuinely a strange system and I am also curious! Are you trying to actively recruit people? Might be worth figuring out if people tend to be wiling to pay this much?
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Replying to @o_guest
i'm getting people's opinions and critiques... but nearly everybody i've approached actually wants to try it! esther is going to, and prof berna wants to but hates paypal
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Replying to @o_guest
it's "energy" that grows the system, continually circulating. the thing is a cellular automaton, designed to grow quickly throughout a capitalist economy and redirect about 1% of the economy's throughput :)
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Replying to @mattsiegel
But if people are putting in $10 every few weeks whose account is the money sitting in if not going to other users?
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Replying to @o_guest
did u see the simulation page? it starts with $50 going into your account (let's say)... and you spend it! then each successive week you send $10 to someone else :) in software (e.g., networking) it's called a scatter/gather pattern.
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Replying to @mattsiegel
I don't get it but maybe I do just need to look at that page again. I am curious how much money each person spends and how much money stays in the system. If I put in $30 into the system and get back $30 then it makes sense to me but you're saying I don't break even?
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Replying to @o_guest
everyone actually *loses* money! but it should be fun, as we're all paying for each other to get treats, etc :D
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Replying to @mattsiegel @o_guest
although once the group of people reaches its mature size (around 30 people), it's not *necessary* to keep putting in extra $10... the accumulated money can just circulate within the group :)
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If everybody loses money then you need to explain where it is going. But now I see what you mean, you mean it's zero sum with enough people, so I think it makes sense to me.
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Replying to @o_guest
yes, those extra $10 are just used to bootstrap more people into the group :)
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