Once we recognize that life is a game, we can choose to make more mindful choices about the rules and how we play.
Game A is what we call the civilizational toolkit we've been playing and planning with for thousands of years: hierarchy of control, regulation and law-based compliance, and a relatively unidimensional monetary system to direct human activity and focus.
The shortcomings of this toolkit are also the source of our greatest and seemingly intractable challenges: growing inequality, stagnating social and governance systems, and environmental degradation that begins most often amidst uncaptured externalities and indirectly felt consequences. Our centralized system is at a fundamental loss for how to combat these challenges so it continues to send signals for people to play on, play along, regardless of the now-looming consequences.
What we call Game B focuses on building the cultural, economic, and technological tools to change the underlying rules of this failing game.
Decentralized and peer-driven networks, open-source replicable innovation, and abundance-based economics frame and inspire our efforts. By creating new network tools that crowdsource wisdom, feedback, and innovation, we are building the tools to scale the trust, accountability, flexibility, and creativity that operate successfully in local communities to the global level.
We are already seeing these types of approaches begin to revolutionize sectors ranging from media consumption to Main Street finance. We believe these same tools can reimagine monetary exchange, environmental stewardship, information flows, and civic governance. And we are only beginning.
Game A is what we call the civilizational toolkit we've been playing and planning with for thousands of years: hierarchy of control, regulation and law-based compliance, and a relatively unidimensional monetary system to direct human activity and focus.
The shortcomings of this toolkit are also the source of our greatest and seemingly intractable challenges: growing inequality, stagnating social and governance systems, and environmental degradation that begins most often amidst uncaptured externalities and indirectly felt consequences. Our centralized system is at a fundamental loss for how to combat these challenges so it continues to send signals for people to play on, play along, regardless of the now-looming consequences.
What we call Game B focuses on building the cultural, economic, and technological tools to change the underlying rules of this failing game.
Decentralized and peer-driven networks, open-source replicable innovation, and abundance-based economics frame and inspire our efforts. By creating new network tools that crowdsource wisdom, feedback, and innovation, we are building the tools to scale the trust, accountability, flexibility, and creativity that operate successfully in local communities to the global level.
We are already seeing these types of approaches begin to revolutionize sectors ranging from media consumption to Main Street finance. We believe these same tools can reimagine monetary exchange, environmental stewardship, information flows, and civic governance. And we are only beginning.
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