Very excited to read your work; thanks for doing the work. You might like some of the ideas we propose in Common-Planet.org, our project for a decentralized world. It introduces Creditism, a non-debt based monetary system that might fit into your vision too. Cheers.
Nice to meet you Remzi! Creditism is an interesting idea, have there been any case studies putting it into practice? I'm having trouble understanding it as a theoretical.
Nice to meet you too! Creditism is still in development, but the concept builds on historical and modern systems where credit is the foundation of economies. Credit is a powerful tool that's widely misunderstood or unknown completely.
Right now, Common Planet is developing plans for the first large-scale experiment to put Creditism into development using Web3 tools. The goal is to create a decentralized credit system that allows people to exchange value without relying on banks or traditional fiat currencies. It will take time to build even after we launch. I'm most curious to follow your work and learn from you and also open to discuss anytime.
Amazing idea. From Brazil I would say you only should create new states if they have hard budget constraint (readers could look for Barry Weingast, for example). In Brazil, they have soft budget ones and several moral hazard problems. The effort to think about the institutions for this is a very interesting intelectual exercise. Also, I would recommend the "Journal of Special jurisdictions", which has been publishing articles on this subject. I can't wait to see these essays. Thank you a lot for the initiative!
Will this be available to buy as a one-off download? I am trying not to give Substack financial support due to that money being used to fund fascism, but I want to still be able support creators like you, though unfortunately can't afford to subscribe to everyone.
Very cool! I bought the digital edition, but the download is only the cover so far. I'm assuming the articles will be available in May using the same download link?
I think Substack is on to something, don't you? It's going to be fun watching how writers collaborate and utilize this platform. Good job, gang! I'm excited to read your work.
I'm so excited to read these essays; I've been harassing my family for years now on how we need to return to a city state model of community and governance, but I've never really read or engaged intentionally with the concept. Eager to read everyone's thoughts and insights!
I will be buying the $10 (plus $3 shipping) pamphlet as I prefer hard copy that can control. I have seen something recently (on the Tree of Woe Substack?) about Amazon and perhaps other tech content suppliers changing their terms of service to retain full rights to that content that the user then only rents or leases via their digital download. And the supplier can retrieve (or alter) that content later if they so desire. I don't expect that here, but ...
I may not have time to more fully check out the companion items on this Substack but they do sound interesting, if perhaps not in sync with my own preferences. I have no problem with the idea of city-states have greater local control vs. state levels, but I am seeped in the federalism concept as a multi-level governance model, so the remaining question is just what kind of "sovereignty" does each level have vs. the level above it? AKA, sharing and controlling the distribution of "power" to the level best able to address the issues thereon appertaining.
A headline on this site about employees owning their company is nonsense except as they buy stock, use 401K, etc. But I do endorse such investment type ownership of "something", if not always or fully the firm where you work. (Some advisors would claim that is too much income concentration and risk placed on one source, so some level of diversification is better). Some of the other titles probably also fall within ideas I will find questionable or flawed. Hope I have time to examine the most interesting ones.
I hope you enjoy the pamphlet! I agree that publishing hasn't favorited the creatives as of late, but I've been working to try options that do. This is one of them!
I'm with you that federation is an important part of the equation. We definitely shouldn't decentralize all the way down to the smallest entity—that's how we create the kind of despotic city states Germany once had.
As for employees owning their companies—yes, I'm talking about through stocks and equity. That is what employee ownership means! And I agree it shouldn't be the only source of ownership a worker has (though it would be better than none, as is the case for many workers). Diversification is important, and I'll be talking about a lot of the ways people can own more equity in the future (not just in where they work!)
But of course everything we do here is a collaborative project—the importance is not to agree about things, but to think about things together. It's a collective form of brainstorming about what is better. So I'll appreciate your thoughts as we go!
It Sounds good and I Look forward to Hawking a good read. If reasonably I will Upgrade to pay. kj.
Very excited to read your work; thanks for doing the work. You might like some of the ideas we propose in Common-Planet.org, our project for a decentralized world. It introduces Creditism, a non-debt based monetary system that might fit into your vision too. Cheers.
Nice to meet you Remzi! Creditism is an interesting idea, have there been any case studies putting it into practice? I'm having trouble understanding it as a theoretical.
Nice to meet you too! Creditism is still in development, but the concept builds on historical and modern systems where credit is the foundation of economies. Credit is a powerful tool that's widely misunderstood or unknown completely.
Right now, Common Planet is developing plans for the first large-scale experiment to put Creditism into development using Web3 tools. The goal is to create a decentralized credit system that allows people to exchange value without relying on banks or traditional fiat currencies. It will take time to build even after we launch. I'm most curious to follow your work and learn from you and also open to discuss anytime.
Ah interesting, well I'll be excited to see how it winds up working in practice. Appreciate the introduction to the idea!
Amazing idea. From Brazil I would say you only should create new states if they have hard budget constraint (readers could look for Barry Weingast, for example). In Brazil, they have soft budget ones and several moral hazard problems. The effort to think about the institutions for this is a very interesting intelectual exercise. Also, I would recommend the "Journal of Special jurisdictions", which has been publishing articles on this subject. I can't wait to see these essays. Thank you a lot for the initiative!
This journal is amazing! Thanks so much for the recommendation.
And I have thoughts on state budgeting (coming soon!)
Will this be available to buy as a one-off download? I am trying not to give Substack financial support due to that money being used to fund fascism, but I want to still be able support creators like you, though unfortunately can't afford to subscribe to everyone.
Yes, this is a one-off! You can purchase the digital edition for free or a donation of your choice, or the print pamphlet for $10.
Just purchased and downloaded, but it is only the front cover image.
That is correct, the file will be available in May after the series has finished publishing online.
Very cool! I bought the digital edition, but the download is only the cover so far. I'm assuming the articles will be available in May using the same download link?
Yes, exactly! I’ll upload the digital edition once the series finishes publishing online in May.
So many good topics!! Can't wait to check this out.
Really excited to see this release!! Awesome work by all the contributing writers.
This sounds awesome. Also, I'd never heard of Metalabel before and that looks so cool!
It’s seriously the coolest platform. Excited to try it out!
I think Substack is on to something, don't you? It's going to be fun watching how writers collaborate and utilize this platform. Good job, gang! I'm excited to read your work.
I'm so excited to read these essays; I've been harassing my family for years now on how we need to return to a city state model of community and governance, but I've never really read or engaged intentionally with the concept. Eager to read everyone's thoughts and insights!
I will be buying the $10 (plus $3 shipping) pamphlet as I prefer hard copy that can control. I have seen something recently (on the Tree of Woe Substack?) about Amazon and perhaps other tech content suppliers changing their terms of service to retain full rights to that content that the user then only rents or leases via their digital download. And the supplier can retrieve (or alter) that content later if they so desire. I don't expect that here, but ...
I may not have time to more fully check out the companion items on this Substack but they do sound interesting, if perhaps not in sync with my own preferences. I have no problem with the idea of city-states have greater local control vs. state levels, but I am seeped in the federalism concept as a multi-level governance model, so the remaining question is just what kind of "sovereignty" does each level have vs. the level above it? AKA, sharing and controlling the distribution of "power" to the level best able to address the issues thereon appertaining.
A headline on this site about employees owning their company is nonsense except as they buy stock, use 401K, etc. But I do endorse such investment type ownership of "something", if not always or fully the firm where you work. (Some advisors would claim that is too much income concentration and risk placed on one source, so some level of diversification is better). Some of the other titles probably also fall within ideas I will find questionable or flawed. Hope I have time to examine the most interesting ones.
I hope you enjoy the pamphlet! I agree that publishing hasn't favorited the creatives as of late, but I've been working to try options that do. This is one of them!
I'm with you that federation is an important part of the equation. We definitely shouldn't decentralize all the way down to the smallest entity—that's how we create the kind of despotic city states Germany once had.
As for employees owning their companies—yes, I'm talking about through stocks and equity. That is what employee ownership means! And I agree it shouldn't be the only source of ownership a worker has (though it would be better than none, as is the case for many workers). Diversification is important, and I'll be talking about a lot of the ways people can own more equity in the future (not just in where they work!)
But of course everything we do here is a collaborative project—the importance is not to agree about things, but to think about things together. It's a collective form of brainstorming about what is better. So I'll appreciate your thoughts as we go!
Ha, how fun!!!!! Hopefully these ones will give you some good discussion topics at the very least 😆