Author: rosmaston
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AI – New clothes for old emperors..
The next threat? Or more of the same. Only worse.. Viewed from a Resource Based Economy perspective, Artificial Intelligence isn’t really such a big deal. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a big deal. It may be the biggest deal yet. But we see it as simply another leveraging tool, the next in a sequence that… Read more
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What is this all about?
A short summary of the Resource Based Economy proposal. This concept explores what life might be like if we no longer used money, currency or any forms of trade or barter in the future. We are proposing that everything be free, and all work entirely voluntary. Certainly thus far it appears that by adopting this… Read more
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Another NZ disaster. Wellington hostel fire.
Loafers Lodge. Newtown. 2023. The root cause? The money system itself. The victims? Vulnerable, diverse and no doubt poor. The response? Blame, regulation, punishment, cost, waste. Trauma. For how long will we continue to accept these terrible events? Fires, floods, violence, impoverishment, sickness, suicide. The list is becoming endless. Every one of them originating in… Read more
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Who’s making changes?
Every day the news is full of stories of failure and continuing dysfunction. The reporters, journalists, presenters, politicians and experts wring their hands and declare that more must be done, almost invariably at greater financial cost. And yet the decline continues. We have not seen any significant change to this trend since the 1970s. A… Read more
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The assumption of loss
A common misconception about the transition to an RBE is the assumption of loss. There is a general expectation that post-money we will all be worse off. This is hugely incorrect and couldn’t be further from the truth. We will be infinitesimally better off after money. Not just humans, but in fact all creatures, nature,… Read more