Draft A quick incomplete preview of musings inspired by The Future of Money Project and egged on by one of the worst reports of fraudulent bankster corporatism I have seen in 2010. Foreclosuregate, they call it. Words fail me.
There is a lighter side to it, too
Banking Customers in the Year 2012: Accenture Research
We are not alone. We can always do something about it, however small.
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What can you do with a social network? With currency?
Social network | Currency |
Common outcome |
build relationships |
trade |
transacting, building trust |
find new info |
satisfy needs and wants |
reduce friction, speed up exchange |
link to, share |
accept, endorse |
gain reputation, crediblity |
hype, brag |
speculate, scheme, bubble |
devalues originator (if caught), may damage system |
spam, lie |
counterfeit |
breaks trust, ruins system |
social vetting |
clearing |
transparent accountability, trust and verify |
More? feel free to add. |
Looking this over (and chatting with Gavin, thank you), a realization dims up:
Currencies: create a basis for trusted trade with strangers.
Social networks: create a basis for trust with strangers (who may become friends) to trade (in other ways). Got any dots within reach to connect to? Thanks.
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