rrivers

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Show HN: I wrote a book about overcoming the Metacrisis
6 points by rrivers 4y ago|0 comments
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by rrivers 5y ago
This moral outrage seems very convenient given the impending market crash. I wonder how many politicians will come forward announcing the liquidation of their portfolios in good faith to the public, conveniently ahead of the major dip.
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by rrivers 5y ago
Curious how many of the respondents have read MMT literature. Seems to be a theme of believing MMT ignores inflation, which is not at all the case and is addressed directly in Stephanie Kelton's The Deficit Myth. Credit is created at t
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by rrivers 5y ago
Taxation exists to create a demand for money. It removes liquidity from the system.
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by rrivers 5y ago
Laws can never be neutral. They always direct behaviors and relationships towards specific directions.
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by rrivers 5y ago
Dynastic wealth transfer is extremely inequitable. While everyone defines their own meaning, to frame the human condition as the process of generating excess capital is a diminishment of life and experience.
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by rrivers 6y ago
Just hopping in to agree about UO, one of the primary gaming experiences of my life. A fascinating culture, community, and experience. Chesapeake baby.
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by rrivers 6y ago
Writa.co https://writa.co Compartmentalizing medical content writing using professionals writers, machine learning, marketing automations, and "plug-and-play" journal sourcing. Project came to me after serving as a mar
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by rrivers 6y ago
Article also misses the additional aspect is that being a billionaire isn't just about the digits representing your fiat energy. It gives very small groups of individuals large swaths of control in entire verticals of society. A small
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by rrivers 6y ago
I think his most approachable book is his newest "The Knowledge Economy". I highly recommend it to anyone interested in a macro perspective of our economic transition as it stands now and where it can go. If you prefer more academ
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by rrivers 6y ago
Why do you think not every is able to be a KE worker? Do you mean in the immediate present, or are you saying that even in a scenario of reimagined social organization there would still be people unable to do this type of work? The former I
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by rrivers 6y ago
- Expanding a vital suite of protections to remove survival from employment. - Reclassification of the laws of property and contract - break from a single market structure to allow multiple markets to operate in tandem. Socialized housing,
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by rrivers 6y ago
I don't agree that it's a misreading. Your point that there are hierarchies within the skill set of various tasks is true, however the argument isn't that everyone needs to be a KE worker - it's that everyone needs the o
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by rrivers 6y ago
So I've been studying Unger for about four years now through my political activism. He is verbose in his language but once you get used to it you can see his brilliance. His core arguments on the KE are as follows: - It is creating a
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by rrivers 6y ago
Finally got around to reading this. Great guide, thank you for sharing.
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by rrivers 6y ago
Yes if we consider the universal as information and our relationships to it as receivers. We've been expanding our time experience for millennia and will continue to so as long we continue to imagine and create.
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by rrivers 6y ago
Rental properties are an investment, why in the world would we subsidize investment losses? The fault is having housing for the majority of people classified as a financial instrument. There is no scenario where the landlords should be com
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by rrivers 6y ago
About a year ago I penned a short essay about this exact subject. Central argument is that Uber is the type of organization that should be open to public ownership given that there is no road to profitability for them. Since writing, stat
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by rrivers 6y ago
Second statement is an oversimplification of many in that scenario; e.g. my mother. Single Mom for 30 years, built a career, bought a house in her mid 40s. 2008 recession erased her career, unemployed for 5 years after, now rebuilding. S
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by rrivers 6y ago
https://ronrivers.com I'm a progressive organizer/activist locally, an inventor, built/exited an eCommerce start-up, and very passionate about the future of society. I mainly publish on medium and have been a fea
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by rrivers 7y ago
Free election campaign platform for local candidates. (501c3 Non-profit w/ a revenue model) Purpose is to remove the financial barriers from running for community office (Mayor / Council / School Board). We incorporated a n
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by rrivers 7y ago
Not at all crazy, I share your experiences. The mushroom is a method to commune with something larger than ourselves. Although I share your lack of faith in traditional religions, the mushroom has me believing that the spiral does indeed
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by rrivers 7y ago
Education as a whole is not and cannot be overvalued enough given the trajectory of technology, society, and the nature of work. What can be overvalued is the character of our present educational institutions. Because the system of educati
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by rrivers 7y ago
Warren and Sanders are proposing breaking up these organizations (Google, Amazon, and FB) - but I believe they are pulling out of the Gilded Age playbook that won't necessarily transfer to today's age. How do you break up virtual
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Show HN: 501c3 Free Election Campaign Platform for Local Candidates
7 points by rrivers 8y ago|0 comments
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by rrivers 8y ago
Quite some red-herrings in this line of questioning. He never made reference to "profit is bad." Saying that medical care for our fellow humans should not be for-profit implies that the individual values human life over our curren
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by rrivers 8y ago
I find that organization helps me accomplish much more; taking the time every Sunday to plan out my week makes focusing significantly easier and more productive. For standard tasks, I use Excel to track my weekly tasks. I prefer Excel comp
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by rrivers 8y ago
.The Knowledge Economy is an economic system where the most advanced form of production is based on highly skilled labor that is easily transferable between organizations. Our modern example being Silicon Valley. This type of work has rep
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by rrivers 8y ago
Professor Roberto Unger (Harvard) often talks about the current restlessness of the masses in his political philosophy of the paradigm of Progressive Politics courses. Something that through listening to his lecturers over the last few yea
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by rrivers 9y ago
To be clear nothing in his model suggests unlimited. He has mentioned in his writings that it is in fact limited, but that limit may as well be unlimited for you and i (within our lifetimes)

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