08-17-2011, 10:35 PM
Values need to change before a system like that can work. But I only think something like that could work if everyone could indeed contribute equally, averaged over a year, perhaps. Or if there was some kind of shared consensus with complete honesty, like a SMC.
Wealth is often created for others by individual inspiration and personal imagination. If that wealth is redistributed before it can be leveraged in that manner, then we'd necessarily depend on some kind of 'cooperating group mind' to create wealth instead. Problem is that a lot of perceived value comes from uniquely crafted, personal ideas. If your personal experiences over many years created a vision of societal value, how do you educate others in that plan efficiently and would they go along with it? If not, then you must join someone else's mindset, with their business plan and buy into their ideas of value.
Wealth is often created for others by individual inspiration and personal imagination. If that wealth is redistributed before it can be leveraged in that manner, then we'd necessarily depend on some kind of 'cooperating group mind' to create wealth instead. Problem is that a lot of perceived value comes from uniquely crafted, personal ideas. If your personal experiences over many years created a vision of societal value, how do you educate others in that plan efficiently and would they go along with it? If not, then you must join someone else's mindset, with their business plan and buy into their ideas of value.