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2. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact The US Population 3. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact 9.5% of them want jobs and don't have them. 4. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Another ~10% are underemployed. 5. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact And a whole lot more people don't have very fulfilling or interesting jobs. 6. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Despite all this, it's still a pretty decent system. 7. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Whyis it like this? Howcan we fix it? Whatcan we build that will make it better? 8. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Whyis it like this?Some Hypotheses:
20. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Lots of Overlapping Reasons... Little Clarity... Much Intentional Obfuscation... 21. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Lots of Overlapping Reasons... Little Clarity... Much Intentional Obfuscation... Very little regulatory change is on the way. We're still near 10% unemployment. 22. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact How can wefixthis?
25. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Agile Banking
30. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact POST/transactions/usdHTTP/1.1 Authorization: OAuth ...oauth_token="ad180jjd733klru7" , ... Content-length: 239 amount=700.00 & [email protected] & memo=JanuaryRent OpenTransact
33. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Ripple Monetary System
40. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact None of these have made it to the real world yet.Some reasons why:
43. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact What has made it to the real world?
47. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact Most alternative economic systems have proven useful as either Person-to-Person or B2B. The first one to give both businesses and people great microeconomic incentives to participate could rule the world and help a lot of people. 48. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact What's our role as programmers and designers in fixing the economy? How can we better coordinate our efforts to change stuff? How good would a solution need to be before you would start using it? How can people make money and still provide a moral, widely accessible system? 49. @jplewicke Building Alternative Digital Economies with Real World Impact The Goal