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- | This page will define | + | ====== Open access economy ====== |
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+ | An open access (or free access) economy is a proposed alternative method of organising resources and services in human society. | ||
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+ | Rather than access to the things we need being constrained by the ability to trade or pay money, an open access society promotes a mutual understanding that everyone in that society is fully supported with (at least) their basic living requirements unconditionally. | ||
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+ | ===== Terminology ===== | ||
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+ | * **Open** | ||
+ | * **Access** | ||
+ | * **Economy** | ||
+ | //Note: The term [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Mutual support ===== | ||
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+ | In its most basic form, all citizens who engage in an open access economy understand the following two fundamentals: | ||
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+ | - That they are fully supported by their community | ||
+ | - That they participate in supporting their community | ||
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+ | Clearly, one cannot happen without the other, but central to the philosophy is the movement away from explicit trade towards // | ||
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+ | So for example, if someone cuts your lawn, there is no expectation that you must reciprocate some equivalent task or resource with that person. Instead, the other person understands that you will reciprocate in some other way, with some other person at some other time. This works for the other person as they too enjoy the benefit of others' | ||
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+ | In more advanced stages, the process of lawn cutting could be fully automated, and managed via AI. | ||
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+ | It could be further summarised as replacing trade with trust. | ||
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+ | ===== Trust over trade ===== | ||
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+ | The principal reason we currently engage in trade is to enable us to exchange goods and services with strangers. Because we do not // | ||
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+ | If this level of trust existed in the greater community, it could operate on the same principle. And there are ways we can do this through [[: | ||
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+ | //Note: It is important to understand that an open access economy | ||
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+ | //Note: If you feel you are not quite ready for an economy that promotes trust over trade, you may wish to investigate [[https:// |
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