ashton (k) on human nature ness

ashton keys on human nature ness

human nature ness et al

via michel bauwens quote tweet (bottom of page)

ashton’s tweet michel quoted [https://x.com/V1rtuousCycle/status/2121830513988026433?a=lRQrrJRMJmHe-VgrWic&s=20]:

I enjoyed this newsletter, but I want to comment on it. (https://happeningscommunity.substack.com/p/the-empire-is-prepping-for-the-dark)

“In the digital age, this dynamic is often referred to as “Enshittification,” a term coined by Cory Doctorow. It describes *the inevitable lifecycle of centralized platforms: first they serve the users to gain traction, then they serve the advertisers to make money, and finally, they hold both users and advertisers hostage to serve the shareholders at the center.

cory doctorow..

*aka: inevitable ‘lifecycle’ in sea world.. graeber make it diff law et al.. swartz no going back law et al

The ultimate takeaway from the Iron Law of Oligarchy is that *good intentions are not enough. If you build an architecture with a structural center, whether it’s a corporate server farm or a global consensus ledger, **human nature dictates that the people managing that center will eventually use it to entrench their own dominance..t The ***only way to break the Iron Law is to build systems where a center physically and architecturally does not exist.”

*agree.. but neither is any form of m\a\p

**this is key/foundational thinking that keeps us perpetuating myth of tragedy and lord.. not legit ‘human nature’.. rather.. whale nature

***either .. 1\ yeah.. which no one has done to date.. or 2\ center as 2 missing pieces.. aka: org around those two legit needs

*This architecture alone DOES NOT **break the concentration of power and resources.

agreed that *this (and none to date).. but we have the means to an ‘architecture’ (as infra; why we need tech w/o judgment) that would render it all irrelevant s

Humans are absolutely capable of entrenching power over time without an explicit global layer (by simply aggregating into powerful cabals, cartels, or political parties). *It’s an absolutely natural process in any social network (**humans don’t behave as islands).

*for whales.. not for legit/free humans

**saying/observing/tracking/defining how ‘humans behave’ is already ‘islanding’ them.. thurman interconnectedness law and the ongoing us & them of khan filling the gaps law.. we need global detox to get back/to ie: brown belonging law ness.. et al

The concentration of monetary power, political power, and social capital is all natural, without rebalancing. As long as we define the value for these things in a “static” way, power will continue to concentrate over time.

agree.. because sea world is not balanced.. but to get to an undisturbed ecosystem.. to the dance.. the ‘rebalancing’ ness we need has to be sans any form of m\a\p

findings (aka: the things i can’t unsee) from on the ground ness deep dive and why we need tech w/o judgment

ie: the dance won’t dance unless/until it’s 1\ all of us 2\ legit free

nothing to date (ever since that day) has gotten to that root of problem

legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do

The correct conceptualization of the way to actually achieve the decentralization of power, *HAS TO BE a recurring process of rebalancing. **It’s ONLY this recurring rebalancing process, present in Energy, which has the capacity to continuously push back against the undue concentration of power.

*yes this..

**not this

rebalancing ness we need: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls ..

1st thing everyday ..

& use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

art (by day/light) and sleep (by night/dark) as global re\set (rebalancing).. to fittingness (undisturbed ecosystem)

because the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]

there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance

ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition

otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..

In my opinion, the only thing which has the capacity to stop the centralization of power, and usher in the TEAA is *the correct abstraction of value: as a fluid rebalancing zero-sum pool––Energy, present in @ProtocolSociety.

to me ness.. this is cancerous distraction to the dance

what the world needs most/1st: the energy of 8b alive people

humanity needs a leap.. to get back/to simultaneous spontaneity .. simultaneous fittingness.. everyone in sync.. the dance

This *rebalancing should be able to be reflected in **Governance (as it can happen through Energy or other similar means), as a consequence.

if legit want *this.. don’t do any form of **this

*Automated rebalancing is the only chance..t No static systems will work. They will concentrate power over time with or without a global layer of consensus.

*this is exactly why/what we need tech w/o judgment for ie: automated nonjudgmental expo labeling.. to automate a legit rebalancing.. (can’t legit ‘rebalance’ unless it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do)

This article explains Energy: https://societyprotocol.io/articles/energy-is-all-you-need/#holochain#blockchain

@mbauwens @AnalogueUSB

what michel added in quote tweet [https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2121833655714947251?a=QBH8AD6PEcgpnsRfn28&s=20]:

< ” The correct conceptualization of the way to actually achieve the decentralization of power, HAS TO BE a recurring process of rebalancing. It’s ONLY this recurring rebalancing process, present in Energy, which has the capacity to continuously push back against the undue concentration of power. In my opinion, the only thing which has the capacity to stop the centralization of power, and usher in the TEAA is the correct abstraction of value: as a fluid rebalancing zero-sum pool –– Energy, present in@ProtocolSociety . ” >

I absolutely agree with the first paragraph, which has been at the heart of the approach taken by the P2P Foundation.

It’s precedents are the Jubilee and Clean Slate Legislations before the Greeks and the Romans abolished it for the West. The alternative Western institutionalization of popular power through the Tribunate all the way through the General Suffrage in the West. In between, the Just Pricing practices and the active limitation of power in the medieval West, before Absolutism, And the counterpower of the working class through its pro-labor parties which instituted progressive taxation and inheritance tax and the like.

I hope to understand how SP’s ‘Energy Rebalancing’ is a potential new answer to this fundamental problem of human society.

it’s not dear michel.. it will only perpetuate same song

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