On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 6:16:45 PM CDT James Cook via agora-discussion wrote: > > 1) What kind of information does everyone want for each economic system > > and > > Off the top of my head: > * the basic mechanisms (yes, flow charts are helpful)
Noted > * rule bugs and broader problems with the economies, so we can learn > from the past > * what was fun or otherwise good about them (G.'s note about election > platforms was interesting) Bugs are largely irrelevant, since the rest of the rules change so much that they often work differently than they would now. "Broader problems" and "what was fun" are actually really difficult to tackle. Both would require diving into a-d much more, which is a very high-traffic list, and trying to interpret people's contemporary feelings. It's both more work and risks misrepresenting people. > * I don't know if they'd be easy to find, but anecdotes about > week-to-week life under past economies would be nice. (I guess under > Coins, anecdotes could just be things like G. offering a purse for > shortest wording of a rule, or the fact that the Registrar tends to > order zombie auction lots by coin balance? Coins are fairly simple I > guess.) Also a pony please while you're at it. True anecdotes have the same issue as above, and unfortunately I'm not as ol- experienced as G, so I can't "source:me" for anything pre-2014ish. On the other hand, I could link to a couple sample reports from the time period, which might provide a more 'objective' version of what an anecdote would bring. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the feedback! -- nch
