[Campaignforrealdemocracy] Fwd: Opinion Space - Future of employment

[Mark Barrett]

FYI - I would like to propose self-organisation of the unemployed / those
on welfare / defenders of the welfare state on the following lines. Anyone
interested in joining me at a convenient time and place to test the waters?

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Re http://opinion.berkeley.edu/occupy/

I added the following

Each local assembly will have access to public monies with which to
disburse through democratic processes. This money will replace the present
out of work / benefits system. Everyone will be expected to participate in
their local assembly via a New Deal involving Citizens Income (a universal
benefit, given to all without means testing) and a reduced working week (3
day working week, 3 day weekend and one 'community day' in which everyone
participates in their neighbourhood / township assembly).


On 29 May 2013 12:05, tina bakolitsa <tina.bakolitsa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, so future of work is the subject that developers thought might attract
> most participation as it touches on economics, welfare and a range of other
> areas of shared concern.
>
> To interact, go to
>
> http://opinion.berkeley.edu/occupy/
>
> click on "First time", then click on and rate two blooms (coloured
> circles) on a sliding ruler (slider) scale. This done, you can create an
> account and enter your own idea.
>
> I created a few starter seeds/ideas - see below. The platform developers
> also entered some ideas (last 3 below).
>
> One bug in the program so far: the location of the bloom on the map
> depends on how you reply to two questions (employment, social activism).
> Would suggest if people want to add a new idea, that they keep two
> tabs/windows open, one with the current map, and one where they can see
> where their bloom will be positioned within it (this will become clear when
> you play with the slider of the two questions), so that bloom overlaps are
> minimised. If you have more than one idea, you can create two or more
> accounts.
>
> The aim of this exercise (takes a few minutes to complete overall) is to
> collect ideas (and idea ratings) from a wide range of participants. If you
> have application examples, relevant links and so on, please provide them if
> possible. Once ideas and ratings are collected, there are other tools we
> can use to see how they can connect/link-up together. Or we can have a live
> meeting/GA and discuss :)
>
> Another aim is to test this platform, so if you want to test this out and
> participate, please try to do so within the next 48 hours. Feedback will
> determine whether this tool is presented at one of the Global Skills
> Exchange workshops.
>
> Any questions or problems, let me know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tina
>
>
> *Clive - Citizen's income*
> The assumption that the means to life is conditional on paid employment is
> fundamentally flawed - a form of slavery. Dramatically improved
> productivity through technology and innovation means that full employment
> is neither achievable nor desirable. A citizen's income will increase
> political participation and social cohesion, reduce the power imbalance
> between employer and employee, and release talent and creativity to help
> create a better world.
>
> *JayD - Worldwide Maker Collabs*
> Modularisation of production, crowdfunding, open source tools and scrum
> development techniques will open up worldwide collaborations and working
> relations outside current production models. Innovation: prosumption,
> horizontality, creativity, economic resilience. Feasibility: it's already
> happening, see e.g. http://www.wikispeed.com/
>
> *Andrea - Motivating Without Money*
> Studies suggest that for people with good salaries, some nonfinancial
> incentives, such as managerial praise and the chance to lead projects, work
> better than a pay raise or stock options (http://goo.gl/T33km). A shift
> of focus on social values and human relationships opens the door to a more
> fulfilling work and life environment. Innovation: demonetarisation of work,
> respect, reciprocity, social unity/cohesion. Feasibility: already
> happening, see e.g. time banking.
>
> *TinaB - Internet nanopayments*
> Idea floated by Lanier in his latest book/manifesto ("Who owns the
> future"). Personal information currently provided for free by internet
> users is being monetised by corporations such as Facebook, Google, Amazon
> etc. Why not assign a value to this information (e.g. when it's used to
> improve an algorithm) and return it to the originator via a system of
> nanopayments? Feasibility: requires re-engineering the internet to allow
> for two-way linking as well as new systems of accounting.
>
> *Ruby - For-benefit currency*
> A more equitable future, for life and employment, is not globally possible
> without a global currency with a for-benefit (as opposed to a for-profit)
> orientation. Several such experiments are currenrtly under-way, e.g. Open
> Universal Dividend Currency (http://www.openudc.org/) and The Trade
> Reference Currency (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_(currency)). Such
> a currency would unite communities, promote welfare economics, be
> inflation-resistant and restore humanity to life and work.
>
> *John - Marketplace regulation*
>
> *PeterSmythe - Continuing education*
>
> *James - Digital discrimination*
>
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