How do we self organize?
WARNING: The following video requires an attention span. For those suffering from tiktok brain, please just watch the video from 1:20 to 6:20 (5 minutes).
I cut off the video at the point that my presentation became a group discussion, though I don't think I did a good job of addressing the question at the end. Josh makes the point that barter systems eventually devolve into money, which may be true. However, the point of the type of system I describe isn't just about what money can do: it's about building algorithms to inform how to optimally distribute the resources you control to build infrastructure (and community) you value. While the "credit" in a "bottom-up social credit" may devolve into a normal currencies, the main goal is the "bottom-up" and "social" aspects. Plus, if we end up with a "money" that doesn't require blockchain or governments, that is still a step up.
1. Low Low Level Infrastructure
To create a bottom-up social credit for software, you first need software that's capable of being socially analyzed. I.e. you need software packaged in Guix. For people to use that software, it needs to be useful to use the software packaged in Guix. I've been working on a system for managing swarms of devices with arbitrary sets of "domains" (abstract resource allocations) running on them, but it requires a goblinsified shepherd. My attempts to get this running are documented here.
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