@paulbaumgart goal of net based trade shouldn't be freeing markets but allaying scarcity. Rep is exclusionary and thus augments scarcity
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Replying to @theDiverge
@theDiverge One reputation isn't particularly dependent on other reputations. Trustworthiness is a pretty objective standard. Not zero-sum.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart in a post-scarcity world, I think we can agree but rep systems won't bring us there. Instead they'll reinforce stratification1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @theDiverge
@theDiverge Free and transparent markets are our only hope for ever getting to a post-scarcity world :)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart there are many routes. But they're less Nozick and more Bookchin.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @theDiverge
@theDiverge They're not incompatible: ~Nozick on the global scale, ~Bookchin on the local scale, where local is not necessarily geographical1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@theDiverge Dunbar's Number is the approximate point of division between the two-- where social norms must switch to market norms.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart the new network society simply means the coolest kids still get invited to all the best parties.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @theDiverge
@theDiverge Social status is splintering. People who don't get invited to the cool parties are realizing they can just throw their own.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart not where I come from but I hope someday you'll be right1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@theDiverge I know the kind of status anxiety you're talking about, but I'm pretty sure it's just a temporary artifact of globalization.
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