So what do you do?
TLDR: New definition of value. New incentives.
A friend of mine — Claus G — invited me to a podcast conversation.
We decided to structure it into three separate parts to keep it on topic.
Loads of thoughts, insights, realizations.
Quality content and you are invited to have a listen:
Should we go into politics?
One of Claus’s ideas is about going into politics.
I was thinking about it too, after all now I’m 35 and can legally become a president in Poland, the country where I was born.
I was thinking about a global political party. In fact, similar initiatives already exist:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Parties_International
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Greens
Another cool idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Party
The party proposes an online form of liquid democracy that it calls “net democracy” based on the Internet. Their goal is to elect representatives who will reliably vote according to what the citizens decide online.
But the trouble is — I’ve lost hope in the old system.
Rather than fighting the old system…
Welcome to Liberland
Minimal role of the state. Private sector police, private sector courts, the only thing that is centralized — DIPLOMACY — it is better when the country speaks a unified voice.
Diplomacy is the core business of a country. That sounds sensible to me.
I’m optimistic about the future of Liberland.
The community is amazing.
Liberland can become the default location for all free-market enthusiasts.
In Dubai many people were familiar with it.
New system (continued)
I’ve been to COP23 24 26 and I genuinely believe that unanimous consensus is not scalable.
“yet the UN security council is powerless to act”
Priorities:
- new consensus
- new entities (including big tech due to their de factor power)
New system (continued)
Examples of how things can evolve
Blogpost form 2020, as you can see things are evolving:
We made some pivots along the way.
When the progress on the island was slowed down due to legal uncertainty, we started focusing on construction technology.
When doing housing, why not build an entire city?
When building city, why not establish SEZ (Special Economic Zone)?
- Island
- Housing
- Cities
- SEZ (Special Economic Zone)
- SEZ.network
SEZ.network was a way of doing global governance, get “foot in the door”, get a unified legal system across multiple jurisdictions.
One project leads to another
One approach is not working, then you try something new
The real skill is to know when to move on, and when to persevere.
Maybe I quit too early?
Maybe I carried on for too long?
Ended up not buying the island. Auctions are stressful and full of uncertainty.
The debrief post explains many reasons. The most important one — my personal commitment, energy, attitude… I have just purchased a house in London and I was not ready to YOLO into the island 1000 miles away.
All the issues could have been resolved.
It was my commitment, energy, and attitude — I did not want it badly enough.
So what do you do?
These days everything is green, eco-friendly, reduces emissions, renewable energy, net-zero by 2050, good for the planet — aggressive PR greenwashing.
Pricing negative externalities.
The comprehensive IMF report found that prices were at least 50% below their true costs for 99% of coal, 52% of diesel and 47% of natural gas in 2020.
Source: The Guardian
Rewarding positive actions.
A quick video describing the problem space:
I’m still working on the proof of concept, it is not ready yet.
Writing this blogpost gives me a full conviction this is the best use of my time, energy, effort, money.
Combining blockchain transparency game theory and my unique perspective.
New definition of value
New incentives
Using the language of money
Using the language of metrics
We shape the tools, then the tools shape us.
We shape the laws, then the laws shape us.
We shape the incentives, then the incentives shape us.
From the genesis.re founding document.
High conviction
If money is the only value…
…if the goal is maximizing GDP…
…then old dying people are good for business, healthcare (or rather “sickcare”) is 15–20% of GDP in the US
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2022–05–20 UPDATE (real world feedback)
G20: People Planet Prosperity
WEF: Beyond GDP
we need to find a new measure to assess the health of our economies and — more importantly — the people living in them