Re: I considered presenting

I have a tendency to overcommit. I made a note to myself to answer this,
and I've given some thought to barter economies as well.


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius@gmail.com>wrote:

> > recognize greed as what it is: a mental disorder.
>
> We can look at greed as an 'accidental' optimization - just like the
> "greedy algorithm" of computer science.
>
> Many (maybe most) humans are confused into believing the best they can
> do is to hoard all resources for themselves because it is difficult to
> envision the overwhelming abundance we could achieve by working
> together.
>
> But the specifics of "working together" are as difficult a problem as
> the scheduling algorithms in a computer Operating System kernel.
>
> We cannot just assume people will work together without some
> guidelines to keep them from once again accidentally (or maliciously)
> choosing the more simple "greedy algorithm".
>
> There *really is* a way to do this without token-passing.
>
> I have uncovered part of the pieces required to achieve the efficiency
> of scale and specialization the regular market enjoys while retaining
> all value within the system *without* the need to pass tokens (no need
> for any kind of currency) within that system - though we will need to
> use plain-old-money transitionally, as we buy the land and
> water-rights and plants and animals and tools to begin.
>
> Whenever I try to relay this information I am told it is outside the
> scope of this discussion or that it is just the same as any other
> cooperative model (which it most definitely is not).
>
> Sincerely,
> Patrick Anderson
> http://ImputedProduction.BlogSpot.com
>
>


-- 
Brent Shambaugh

I've worked with polymers, I teach chemistry, I'm currently researching how
to build better economies.
Website: http://adistributedeconomy.blogspot.com