I think it is very fitting to fund experimental urbanism with experimental currencies that share the same values and idealism.
I don't think bitcoin shares any values and idealism.
It's just what it is, no more, no less.
And that is good.
Topic: A proposal for wealthy bitcoiners out there: bitcoin for a new world - page 2. (Read 2547 times)
July 20, 2013, 11:58:28 AM
I don't think bitcoin shares any values and idealism.
It's just what it is, no more, no less.
And that is good.
July 20, 2013, 11:51:29 AM
Hello, I have a proposal for those wealthy and ideologists out there.
How about buying a whole town and applying everything we know from urban design, urbanism, pedagogy, cognitive sciences, permaculture, behavioral economics that addresses the core of the problems of our society.
For instance: did you know that crime rates can be moderated just by urban design? Urbanism and criminalists already addressed these methods, but we have limited opportunities to apply them and it remains largely an academical thought exercise rather than an active policy to reform the cities.
Did you know that all the laws are meaningless because it tries to impose rules by punishment alone, we've known for half a century thanks to behavioral psychology that we humans (and animals in general!) don't work that way. It is way more effective to improve people's behavior through positive reinforcement, not by punishment. The whole concept of deincentivating through punishment is a medieval idea, and we need new laws and systems that actually compensate good behavior.
It is an intriguing idea and it is a very fertile field for creative incentives, such as this proposal from VW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iynzHWwJXaA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
How about incorruptible meritocracy and a technocracy sound?
Public funds based on the open blockchain would make embezzlement impossible.
We have the ideas, we have the knowledge, we have the scholars, we have the technology and the only thing we didn't have was a place to put them into practice.
So this is the proposal in a nutshell, why don't we make a multidisciplinary foundation for experimental policy making, think tanks AND we can also afford a town to live and test them out and to nurture a bitcoin economy as well.
A testable utopia (no place); a first step towards prototopia (the first place).
I think it is very fitting to fund experimental urbanism with experimental currencies that share the same values and idealism.
Thank you for reading.
If anyone is interested, please contact me.
I am not here to request money primarily, I can fund it myself for now.
I am more interested in inputs and brainstorming.
How about buying a whole town and applying everything we know from urban design, urbanism, pedagogy, cognitive sciences, permaculture, behavioral economics that addresses the core of the problems of our society.
For instance: did you know that crime rates can be moderated just by urban design? Urbanism and criminalists already addressed these methods, but we have limited opportunities to apply them and it remains largely an academical thought exercise rather than an active policy to reform the cities.
Did you know that all the laws are meaningless because it tries to impose rules by punishment alone, we've known for half a century thanks to behavioral psychology that we humans (and animals in general!) don't work that way. It is way more effective to improve people's behavior through positive reinforcement, not by punishment. The whole concept of deincentivating through punishment is a medieval idea, and we need new laws and systems that actually compensate good behavior.
It is an intriguing idea and it is a very fertile field for creative incentives, such as this proposal from VW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iynzHWwJXaA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
How about incorruptible meritocracy and a technocracy sound?
Public funds based on the open blockchain would make embezzlement impossible.
We have the ideas, we have the knowledge, we have the scholars, we have the technology and the only thing we didn't have was a place to put them into practice.
So this is the proposal in a nutshell, why don't we make a multidisciplinary foundation for experimental policy making, think tanks AND we can also afford a town to live and test them out and to nurture a bitcoin economy as well.
A testable utopia (no place); a first step towards prototopia (the first place).
I think it is very fitting to fund experimental urbanism with experimental currencies that share the same values and idealism.
Thank you for reading.
If anyone is interested, please contact me.
I am not here to request money primarily, I can fund it myself for now.
I am more interested in inputs and brainstorming.
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