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Society 2.0: A Call to Redesign We live in an era of escalating disruption. Climate change is no longer a distant threat but a daily reality: crops fail, rivers dry up or become toxic, and coastlines erode. The ecosystems that sustain life are unraveling. Simultaneously, artificial intelligence is transforming economies faster than governments, schools, or…
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In the wealthiest cities on Earth, people step over human beings sleeping on sidewalks. Billionaires fly rockets into space while families live in tents. These are not isolated tragedies — there are cracks in society’s operating system. Setting the Stage Society 1.0 was built for an industrial world: This was revolutionary. Billions were lifted from…
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Governance: How We Make Decisions in Society 2.0 Society 1.0 was shaped by institutions built for a slower, simpler world: small towns, limited information flows, and power concentrated in a handful of leaders. Those systems—representative democracy, bureaucratic agencies, opaque decision-making—were never designed for a world of eight billion people, global interdependence, or AI-level complexity. The…
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Comparative Systems Analysis: What History Teaches Us 1) Carbon Markets (EU ETS, California Cap-and-Trade) What worked What failed / risks Design moves for WD/EC 2) Dual-Currency Economies (Cuba CUC/CUP; China FEC/RMB, 1980s–90s) Why they persisted (for a while) Why they collapsed or were unified Design moves for WD/EC 3) Universal Provision Systems (NHS; Nordic welfare…
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🎯 Game-Theoretic Analysis of Strategic Actors Designing incentives so the coalition to build wins and the coalition to block splinters. 1) Players, Payoffs, and Leverage A. Likely Beneficiaries (natural coalition) B. Likely Blockers / Potential Captors 2) Mechanism Design: Make Cooperation the Dominant Strategy A. Differential Obligations & Rewards (tilt the board) B. Side-Payments &…
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🌍 Digital Architecture & Governance of the World Dollar Crypto-grade trust, without crypto-style chaos. 1️⃣ The Core Premise The World Dollar (WD) must be universally accessible, instant to transfer, auditable across borders, and shielded from speculation. To achieve this, it should launch as a digital reserve currency backed by a basket of major fiat reserves,…
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🏛 The Global Public Trust (GPT) Custodian of the World Dollar and Earth Credit Systems 1️⃣ Purpose The GPT is a non-sovereign fiduciary institution whose sole mandate is to manage planetary value systems in the public interest.It issues and retires Earth Credits, safeguards the World Dollar reserves, and ensures that both systems operate according to…
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A practical path from pilot to global scale 0) Quick refresher Phase I — Sandboxes (0–18 months) Goal: prove utility without breaking anything. KPIs to graduate: verified outcome $/unit delivered, fraud rate <0.2%, time-to-issue <10 days from proof, % of permits settled in EC, citizen satisfaction on essential services. Phase II — Procurement Flywheel (12–36…
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A Dual-Currency Framework for a Sustainable Future Executive Summary:This proposal outlines a dual-currency global economic model designed to better align market incentives with human wellbeing and ecological sustainability. The system introduces two complementary currencies: the World Dollar (WD) for discretionary exchange and capital flows, and Earth Credits (EC) as permits required to extract profit from…
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In Society 1.0 (S1), the Bay Area startup machine was optimized for: In Society 2.0 (S2), we keep the startup culture — but redirect it: So instead of the “move fast and break things” ethos, it’s:👉 “Move fast and test things.” Every community becomes a kind of civic startup lab, with versioned releases (Society 2.0.0.0…
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🚓 Police and Social Worker Roles in Society 2.0 In Society 2.0, the roles of police officers and social workers are re-engineered as two halves of the same public mission: to help people in distress and prevent harm before it happens. A New Kind of First Responder Instead of the “law enforcement” model, Society 2.0…
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🌐 Overview ShiftLogic is a new employment and labor system designed for the post-AI economy, where flexibility, dignity, and purpose replace rigidity and precarity.It redefines how people work, schedule, and earn — creating a fair, efficient labor marketplace that benefits workers, employers, and society alike. ⚙️ Core Concept ShiftLogic is a dynamic scheduling and compensation…