(play this, and read on) In 1991, to all intents and purposes, world peace broke out. The US had won. Truth, Justice and the American Way – democracy itself – had been vindicated by the economic collapse of the Soviets. Even with 50% defense spending in the US, even with tensions between the US and [...]
Read more →See slides 167 (!) onwards of this excellent presentation on creativity. It’s really a very, very clever model of creative relationships, and I’m going to do more reading up on this guy’s work.
Read more →I’m not sure I believe this. But I’m afraid, sometimes, that I do. And, yes, when the President of the United States of America can “legally” order the murder of US citizens, and forbid legal aid of those so-sanctioned, the Constitution is dead. The only way we’re getting ahead on this one is new technology, [...]
Read more →So I’ve been thinking about how to bring more focus to some of the great work going on at The Future We Deserve. I am happy to have figured it out. Welcome to The Future We Deserve Blogathon! Simply take a look at the submissions page, pick an article you like, and run it on [...]
Read more →Aiac is a new word, an acronym coming from Agro-Industrial Auto-Catalysis. It’s intended as a precise, technical term to refer to the “technically important bits” of what is often loosely called Western Civilization or Market Capitalism or various other loose, not-quite-precise names. So let me break the term down. Agro-industrial meaning of agriculture and industry. [...]
Read more →A special exchange is an instrument which government can use to subsidize trade in a commodity without subsidizing either buyers or sellers. It is therefore substantially free of moral hazard and market distortion. In a market where there is too little profit to support a market maker trade often grinds to a halt. When the [...]
Read more →I was recently involved in a conversation about rebooting civilization after a massive collapse. I wanted to pick apart a few things from that conversation and paint a picture of what I think is a more realistic take on how such an event might play out. If you want to skip to my recommendations at [...]
Read more →In the 1990s if you could get a sales guy, a designer and a programmer to work together for three months, you could get venture funding. It was not always quite that easy, but the money was fast, the skills were rare, and the whole thing felt like that most quintessential American phenomenon – a [...]
Read more →I came of age in an internet tribe. It was the 1990s. Internet tribalism, loft living and a lot of long haul train travel connected me to an amazing network of some of the smartest, most vivid, most alive people I’d ever met. Creative magic happened, adventures were had, communities were built, lives were changed, [...]
Read more →The Future We Deserve is a book about the future which I am working on with a group of friends, new and old, mostly from Twitter. The purpose of the book is really simple – it’s to show lots and lots of great perspectives on the future, and to showcase the power of collaboration to [...]
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