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Bernard Lietaer interview. The New Paradigm of Money - Q&A 1v2. Interview Part 2/2: James Dines & Eric King Discuss Contrari. The New Paradigm of Money - Q&A 2v2. Geld für die Zukunft / Bernard Lietaer - edition-zeitnah.de. TEDxBerlin - Bernard Lietaer - 11/30/09. Bernard Lietaer interview. Want better money? Join or coin, let's be open about it. - Purple Pointr. Charles Eisenstein. Douglas Rushkoff. Great Presentation on Thinking About Real World Games. Cultural entrepreneurs need to use every possible advantage when building systems that can outcompete a powerful, corrupt and dominant status quo.

For me, one advantage includes using game tech/design as a means of radically improving economic interaction over networks (which can serve as a source of economic power and generate rapid rates of innovation for resilient communities). Sure, the idea is hard, novel, and difficult to wrap your head around, but frankly, if you automatically reject entire vistas of options because of some vague personal bias (or worse: ideological blather), you are doomed to failure. So, that being said: Here's a big think presentation on game design that may be of interest (particularly the last part).

The presenter is very quirky (which made it enjoyable to me). A World of Warcraft World: 10 Ways Online Gaming Will Change the Future ... Once again, if this seems ridiculous and alien, remember how many societies had (hell, still have) arranged marriages, often where the groom didn't see the bride's face until their wedding night. Wasn't the change from that to the modern method of getting matched up with girls by Internet dating sites just as strange? Aristotle said it best: "Society is a house, change is a tornado full of woodpeckers. " 8. There will be a branch of government to rule the virtual world.

If we're going to make theft illegal in the metaverse (and hackers will always devise ways to steal, or at least vandalize, digital goods), someone has to make and enforce those laws. But, this raises an avalanche of questions. If you don't understand the complication here, remember that in the metaverse if you want a 36-room mansion with a giant guitar-shaped pool, you can have it for free. But wait, there's more. Would prostitution be legal? 9. You get to live a king's lifestyle, without a king's responsibilities. 10. Global Guerrillas: A "DARKNET"