on the limits of capitalism and emergent forms of abundance generation & distribution
for a breakdown of how capitalism is self-terminating, see: daniel schmachtenberger's - New Economic Series: Part 3 - When the System Is the Source of the Problems – Case Studies.
deep down, we know it's possible to live a more magical, fulfilling, nourishing reality. yet many times what seems to be in the way is money.
"we don't need money, we need people interested in pursuing alternatives and resources to make it happen".
here are a few approaches that aim to address that:
basic sensemaking & historical references:
- How Money & Banking Work (and why they're broken today) - Lyn Alden
- jacques fresco's resource-based economy
- buckminster fuller's (...)
initiatives with a paradigm shift potential:
- crypto/smart contracts/alternative financial ecosystems possibilities: SEEDS - Global Green New Deal! It's time to do what our governments have failed to do. Heal our planet.
- public commons funding (quadratic funding, retroactive funding, etc - see: gitcoin, tea.xyz, [...])
- NAOs/metamodern guilds
orienting frameworks:
- circular design / doughnut economics
- regenerative systems design (see: sacred economics/SEEDS for now)
- 8 forms of capital
- deep wealth
- fluxonomy 4d
current practical applications/examples:
- cooperatives, social enterprises, non-profits -> DAOs, DACs, DHOs, DDOs, DisCOs
- alternative currencies: community currency, social currency, (...)
- resources allocation (offers/needs, time/energy)
- alternative mechanisms proposed by ecosocial consultancies (gift economy, sliding scales, etc) and tested in communities like tamera, findhorn, auroville, piracanga, etc...
funding the transition
perhaps an even more challenging topic though is "funding the transition" (h2), especially without pricing out externalities.
a subject for a lot of study.
see: daniel schmachtenberger on design constraints for a viable economic system (New Economics Series: Part 1) and essential criteria for this economic system (New Economics Series: Part 2).
see also: caio vassão, ReFi, metacurrency project, valueflo.ws, regenerative value flows, low-hanging fruits, etc...