Nice. But it seems to lack something. The idea that…what was it? By limiting greed a bit, by limiting company profits…wait, what about the wealth of private individuals? Is there a ceiling in this system? Don’t think so. Anyway, the “we’ll ALL get rich” feeling in this message here is troubling. But you said “maybe this is BS?” So okay, but until people like the whole plan, I doubt they will want to start following it to just make some kind of start. More incrementalism. I don’t think a good plan has to cover all the bases, but it should be much more clear about what is not being tolerated anymore. Just “nudging” people along leaves far too much risk of these cancers remaining.
baby trees still need tending... in the meantime bring on the megalo-cheek... "Maybe I’ll even take a megalomaniac shot at redesigning monetary and legal systems from the ground up in a cheeky blogpost."
I really like this! Of course, the cure for capitalism is (Truly) Ethical Enterprise! However, in a world where we all seem able to "resist everything except temptation", the current situation is that (filthy-)rich and super powerful humans control "legal persons" which may have as much economic, legal, and propagandistic clout as elected governments. We are in a real quandary!
We need better laws which address the real issues facing us and which empower truly effective oversight of commercial and industrial activity. But in order to bring this about we need politicians in legislatures who truly understand what the real issues are, who have sufficient personal integrity, _and_ have the support of constituents who also understand the really important issues.
So we need more 'ordinary people' to become more aware of how things really work, and how change for the better comes about when we all work together and help each other.
IMO this means we need public discussion of the fact that capitalism - IE the default current "system" - only recognises tradable value and its maximisation as money profit as the fundamental relevant dimension of value in human life.
People need to come to grips with the fact that there are (at very least) two other dimensions of value the we depend upon _absolutely_ for our continued survial and thriving as human beings. One is intrinsic human value which cannot be bought or sold because it is created and embodied within each of us as we learn things. The other is intrinsic ecological value which is embodied within all the species that have evolved to survive and thrive within the ecological communities they inhabit.
(Last thought:) Every corporate entity - of what ever sort anywhere - needs to be assessing itself in terms of each of these dimensions of value, ie using triple bottom line accounting (3BL)!
Nice. But it seems to lack something. The idea that…what was it? By limiting greed a bit, by limiting company profits…wait, what about the wealth of private individuals? Is there a ceiling in this system? Don’t think so. Anyway, the “we’ll ALL get rich” feeling in this message here is troubling. But you said “maybe this is BS?” So okay, but until people like the whole plan, I doubt they will want to start following it to just make some kind of start. More incrementalism. I don’t think a good plan has to cover all the bases, but it should be much more clear about what is not being tolerated anymore. Just “nudging” people along leaves far too much risk of these cancers remaining.
We’re exploring the same solution space here, curious about your thoughts: https://open.substack.com/pub/meaningalignment/p/market-intermediaries-a-post-agi?r=1zpfi&utm_medium=ios
baby trees still need tending... in the meantime bring on the megalo-cheek... "Maybe I’ll even take a megalomaniac shot at redesigning monetary and legal systems from the ground up in a cheeky blogpost."
great conclusion!!!
I really like this! Of course, the cure for capitalism is (Truly) Ethical Enterprise! However, in a world where we all seem able to "resist everything except temptation", the current situation is that (filthy-)rich and super powerful humans control "legal persons" which may have as much economic, legal, and propagandistic clout as elected governments. We are in a real quandary!
We need better laws which address the real issues facing us and which empower truly effective oversight of commercial and industrial activity. But in order to bring this about we need politicians in legislatures who truly understand what the real issues are, who have sufficient personal integrity, _and_ have the support of constituents who also understand the really important issues.
So we need more 'ordinary people' to become more aware of how things really work, and how change for the better comes about when we all work together and help each other.
IMO this means we need public discussion of the fact that capitalism - IE the default current "system" - only recognises tradable value and its maximisation as money profit as the fundamental relevant dimension of value in human life.
People need to come to grips with the fact that there are (at very least) two other dimensions of value the we depend upon _absolutely_ for our continued survial and thriving as human beings. One is intrinsic human value which cannot be bought or sold because it is created and embodied within each of us as we learn things. The other is intrinsic ecological value which is embodied within all the species that have evolved to survive and thrive within the ecological communities they inhabit.
(Last thought:) Every corporate entity - of what ever sort anywhere - needs to be assessing itself in terms of each of these dimensions of value, ie using triple bottom line accounting (3BL)!