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Barry
is 74% done
Getting annoyed with this now. This last third is evangelising for blockchain financial markets. It's interesting, and I can see the alternative here. But it is promoting free market capitalism without property, and essentially saying 'people's good nature will invest in random stuff and we'll ignore the impact of less tax and environmental damage'. Deep flaws in here
— Oct 24, 2024 02:28AM
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Barry
is 53% done
The book isn't anarchist but does try to redress sharing benefits of labour outside of property rights, hierarchy and wages. Where this fails is the collaboration points idea does not take into account exisiting resources entering a collaboration. By having more resources when one starts it would lead to more inequality
— Oct 23, 2024 07:19AM
Barry
is 38% done
Love the observation that rules undermine human interaction, and also that no-one is 'safe' in a hierarchy. Looking forward to reading about collaborative ownership
— Oct 20, 2024 08:12AM
Barry
is 35% done
The committment sessions to support non-hierarchical collaboration are probably a good idea, but I have this impression of 'Maoist self-censure' which isn't what the authors are saying. I am imagining these sessions to be really difficult in the environments I work in, which I guess is the point. The reason this feels hard is because this work is hard
— Oct 20, 2024 07:36AM
Barry
is 28% done
There are some interesting ideas in this book but it's so hard going at times. I really don't like the fictional example that weaves through this and the young people in it. I'm finding I really don't like them, and there is something about the tone in here I'm not sitting with well
— Oct 19, 2024 08:04AM
Barry
is 16% done
Not a book about anarchism or systems thinking but there is tons in here to reflect upon. Particularly the link of property and assets as a source of war and conflict and the need to think in terms of utility. A lot in here about non-hierarchical and decentralised existence
— Oct 18, 2024 05:17AM
