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Benjamin Ljung
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System developer, Geonomist, Complementary currency designer.
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2018-02-19 18:11
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buggedout
steem
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Gaming The System
No system is perfect. It is human nature to try and work any system for personal advantage so until we as a species can evolve past the point of selfishness then it is a fact that needs to be accepted.
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economics
8y
Extreme Inequality Is Driven by Rent-Seeking and Luck
We all like to think that an above average IQ and hard work results in higher income. We think this is fair. We say that Inequality is good because it motivates us to work harder to achieve more. But sadly
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freedom
8y
Pay your fees to get freedom -Ayn Rand
I got inspired by this video explaining parts of the philosophy of Ayn Rand. It proposes that government should be financed with fees on contracts. 1 The example in the video was to pay fees to the judicial
dana-edwards
life
8y
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[Freedom costs money] Freedom is about the ability to say no to opportunities
Freedom costs money Nina Paley [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons In one of my last posts a blogger responded to me and initiated a debate on the topic of "money". In specific I made the arguments
tarazkp
politics
8y
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UBI: Unemployed funding the 1%
Although not currently possible everywhere and only a stopgap measure for increasing unemployment due to automation and AI, I am interested in exploring a Universal Basic Income (UBI). I don't know about
frdem3dot0
anarchy
8y
ljung reblogged
Bitcoin is not about money!
Many people think about bitcoin as some magical internet money. The enthusiast are in it because they want to get rich quick, the pessimist think that we already have paypal and the whole thing is just
frdem3dot0
life
8y
ljung reblogged
Self-ownership: Land
In previous posts I have argued that blockchain technology enables entirely new concepts of ownership as, for the first time in history, objects have the possibility to factually own something. This enables
ljung
basicincome
8y
Mathematics of Basic income. The illusionary high cost.
I love to read articles and books about basic income. But I often find myself disappointed whenever the cost of a basic income is discussed. Both proponents and opponents seems to experience a lot of cognitive
ljung
introduceyourself
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Let me introduce my steemit blog
Hi Steemers! You finally convinced me. I'm moving to steemit from Google+. I'm building a new home here! But I don't know how to build it in this platform. I have questions that I will arrive at after
vampiretta
business
9y
ljung reblogged
"Progress is the gravy that moves humanity" - Marcus Garvey
In ”The Progress Principle”, Harvard Business School Professor Teresa Amabile argues that progress is the biggest factor for a positive work life. As she said in her book, “Small wins – seemingly minor
