The original problems with monarchy were “solved” with habeas corpus, limitation of monarchs, rejection of divine right of kings etc. Prime Ministers and Presidents ARE how pre-moderns fixed “monarchy”. Modern democracy was part of the solution not something deified in itself.
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Hmm. Wild idea. You could connect money and reach. Make likes and RTs (“proof of distance”) the *basis* for currency itself somehow. Abuse leads to inflation and makes prices go up. A blockchain based on quality of public life. Both too much and too little talk are costly.
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Second wild idea. Mobs are actually institutional black holes. If you take Coasean transaction costs theory of the firm, what happens when you lower transaction costs inside a higher-cost boundary? You get an organization. Pay more to get in, pay less to transact once you’re in.
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What happens when you lower the cost of both to near zero? You get a social black hole. A degenerate institution that can produce nothing, but can eat everything in sight.
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For those new to these debates and conversations, read
@noUpside series The Feed to get up to speed. Then follow her writing on Wired and elsewhere for the play by play evolution.https://www.ribbonfarm.com/series/the-feed/ …Show this thread
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Well, but you can only implement/enforce this with something like the great firewall, otherwise people will work around it. If you go that route, it'd be hard to imagine it not being abused by whomever is in power.
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Why are we doing this? What is this meant to address?
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The madness of crowds
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