Life has already been a game of Monopoly! That's a major part of the problem(s).
I would implant the chip in another spot. You will have to address religious and cultural systems that promote sexism, racism and ageism. On Jan 9, 2:36 pm, andrew vecsey <[email protected]> wrote: > In my science fiction novel "A Short History of a Long Future - A Guide for > New-man", I wrote a scenario that applies to this discussion. Before Allan > starts to let off his gas, the "I" is not "me" and it IS a science > fiction. Below is the relevant excerpt from my novel. > > "One unexpected day the centralized data banks were infected with computer > viruses that erased their entire data banks. The multiple backups of the > last 10 years were also suddenly discovered to have been compromised. > Overnight electronic data of all money was irretrievably wiped out. Money > in all of its form and all its trace disappeared. The banks and their > services shut down immediately and all flow of money seized. > > I developed a device that measured mental and physical exertion done for > doing a series of tasks. I developed a financial system that did not > include banks. It was a decentralized system where everyone was his own > bank. It was based on my device. This measurement device allowed money to > be based not on gold, oil, or promises, but on human exertion. The amount > of this new money was to be based on the number of users. There was to be > no central governing point and the only regulation were in the algorithms > governing the issuance of money and in the initial registration. It was a > just-in-time system that issued just enough money at just the right time > and place to just the right person to ensure educational and health well > being. The system was to be open and algorithms were to be proposed and > written by users themselves. > > I also developed a workable replacement for the once existing centralized > banks. It was a peer to peer networked system that allowed everyone to be > his own bank. It was free to join with only one requirement. - you had to > have a chip inserted into the forehead under the skin. The chip came with > an account containing 1 million dollars to last you a lifetime and pay for > your basic living needs. > > All countries adopted the implantation of the chip as a basic human > right. My system provided all the requirements that make money workable. > It could not be counterfeited and could not be stolen or lost. It was based > on a unique code signed with each person's unique biometric signature. It > could be saved and it was always redeemable anywhere anytime automatically. > > Everyone who wanted to work and get paid had to use his system which was > implanted into the forehead. Everyone who wanted to buy anything had to > have this implant as well. It acted as a electronic money bank account. To > fill it you had to work as usual. You could invest your capital by buying > company stocks. You gambled your investment betting to profit by buying > into a hopefully successful venture but risking to lose it should the > ventures fail. > > Your inheritance was limited to family heirlooms and houses. Your total > accumulated wealth was also limited to a certain amount guaranteeing a very > high standard of living. Anything over this was redistributed back to the > people who you got it from. You were rewarded for this contribution in the > form of highly valued merit awards that came with valued prestige.There was > no income tax but you paid a sales tax on all items you bought. Food, > clothing and other living necessities were exempt from tax. Sales tax paid > for all public facilities and services like government, roads, hospitals, > schools, fire department and police. > > Within a few months of offering the accounts, everyone wanted an implant. > It was free, came with a start-up capital of $1,000,000, and gave you the > promise of a secure future, and the hopes of becoming wealthy. For the > skeptical there was an opt out possibility. Their accounts would be locked > and after a year they would be able to re join and continue where they left > off. By replacing banks and eliminating money speculation, poverty was > greatly reduced world wide. Everyone became their own bank. Everyone became > an account. > > Accounts below the start-up capital could spend only a maximum of $2,000 a > month on products and services. But could still invest a part in stocks. > Accounts over the start-up capital could form public companies and sell > company stocks. Accounts over $10,000,000 automatically overflowed to the > accounts with the least capital and were duly credited with distinguished > awards of achievement and merit. > > A few people refused to become accounts and to have the implants because of > religious beliefs. They usually lived out in the country and tried to live > off the dying land. They believed that the implants were prophesied in > their bible as the sign of the devil. Greed took on a new meaning for many. > It was no longer desirable to have as much as you can but to give as much > as you must and thus get as many merit points as you can. New aims and > goals surfaced. Competition changed to cooperation. Many rich ended up to > be great philanthropists. Life became like a game of Monopoly." > > > > On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:16:47 PM UTC+1, archytas wrote: > > > The human world is in a mess. It's hard to express what is going on. > > My guess is we are being ruled by a small, unelected, hidden politburo > > we could call banksters. I take this as metaphor, much as I would the > > notion the rulers are alien lizards. I also guess they have skewed > > any dialogue we have to make it very difficult to identify the real > > problem we face through argument. This is more or less a 'Dr Who' > > predicament, though I suspect it is the real one we face. > > > Those of us who are democrats (small d) know the answer. We want a > > human world at peace and our institutions based on real democracy with > > government as unobtrusive as possible in the lives of reasonable > > individuals. This, sadly, is the easy bit. Even something as easy as > > this is potentially totalising and fascist. > > > Much, of course, has been written on this, and my conclusion is this > > can't be helping much. My own country, Britain, has made some kind of > > decision to give up empire, but we clearly cling to the coat-tails of > > the USA through the dupes or war criminals we elect - or who know a > > secret case not made to us that justifies war and other rotten > > policies. If I was capable of listing all the literature I've read on > > this matter I wouldn't finish until sometime after a week tomorrow and > > I'm by no means a specialist. Even if the democratic parts of this > > literature is right, it doesn't convince me of any course of action, > > as almost none of it explains how we might lay down the arms of the US > > umbrella without giving up to something worse or simply as bad run by > > people less favourable to my ethnicity. > > > My belief is we must change what dialogue and argument are to address > > a move to real, global democracy. We have new technology that would > > allow this, but currently it is being subsumed into the skewed form > > that has allowed domination through the ages. It could be that this > > technology would tell us we need the American Empire. I rather hope > > it would rather be a call to democratic arms and very substantial > > changes in what we do and can be. Any suggestions as to what this > > technology is or would be?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
