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| ==== Sci-fi Economics Lab ==== | ==== Sci-fi Economics Lab ==== |
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| https://scifieconomicslab.net/ | some notes from the "scifi economics lab" https://scifieconomicslab.net/ |
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| introductions | introductions |
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| Cory Doctorow | **Cory Doctorow** |
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| - Peak indifference https://locusmag.com/2016/07/cory-doctorow-peak-indifference/ | * Peak indifference https://locusmag.com/2016/07/cory-doctorow-peak-indifference/ |
| - navigating shifts from 'denialism' to 'nihilism' as an activist | * navigating shifts from 'denialism' to 'nihilism' as an activist |
| - from awareness of issues, to awareness of possibilities | * from awareness of issues, to awareness of possibilities |
| - democratic shifts in ownership of digital infrastrucutre, digital feudualism -> cooperatives(?) | * democratic shifts in ownership of digital infrastrucutre, digital feudualism -> cooperatives(?) |
| - democratically owned means of production AND methods of allocation (e.g. uber as coop) | * democratically owned means of production AND methods of allocation (e.g. uber as coop) |
| - monopoly & oligarchic concentration -> eg. [[https://locusmag.com/2019/05/cory-doctorow-steering-with-the-windshield-wipers/][Luxottica]] | * monopoly & oligarchic concentration -> eg. [[https://locusmag.com/2019/05/cory-doctorow-steering-with-the-windshield-wipers/][Luxottica]] |
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| Tom Bauler | **Tom Bauler** |
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| - macroeconomic indicators beyond GDP | * macroeconomic indicators beyond GDP |
| - [[https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/the-reinhart-and-rogoff-controversy-a-summing-up][The Reinhart and Rogoff Controversy: A Summing Up]] (re. public debt rates, human error & replication) | * [[https://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/the-reinhart-and-rogoff-controversy-a-summing-up][The Reinhart and Rogoff Controversy: A Summing Up]] (re. public debt rates, human error & replication) |
| - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_economics | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_economics |
| - focus on 'resources' is relatively recent in economics (circa ~1970) after long absence | * focus on 'resources' is relatively recent in economics (circa ~1970) after long absence |
| - principles of ecological economics | * principles of ecological economics |
| - list? | * list? |
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| - in creating alternatives, focus on what to replciate in existing sytems, as well as what needs to be removed/eliminated | * in creating alternatives, focus on what to replciate in existing sytems, as well as what needs to be removed/eliminated |
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| - various refs. | **various refs/further** |
| - comment from M. Bauwens, re chang-mai -> "hard to find ppl who want to work for money" | * comment from M. Bauwens, re Chiang Mai -> "hard to find ppl who want to work for money" |
| - "changemakers" (via rob v.k) -> https://www.changemakers.com/ | * "changemakers" (via rob) -> https://www.changemakers.com/ |
| - capital poor / labour rich -> transitions in commons | * capital poor / labour rich -> transitions in commons (ref. Ostrom) |
| - pluralism, anit-monopoly, anti-oligarchy | * pluralism, anit-monopoly, anti-oligarchy |
| - parallels with emergence of 'ecology' as way of unifying concerns around existing issues, previously seen as disparate (e.g. land conservation, species, clean air, etc) | * parallels with emergence of 'ecology' as way of unifying concerns around existing issues, previously seen as disparate (e.g. land conservation, species, clean air, etc) |
| - is there a current set of concerns (re. concentration, ologarchy, monoploies, etc) that can be unified with ecology, complexity, etc? (e.g. climate change & concentration of pro-wrestling leagues?) | * is there a current set of concerns (re. concentration, ologarchy, monoploies, etc) that can be unified with ecology, complexity, etc? (e.g. climate change & concentration of pro-wrestling leagues?) |
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