As automation continues to advance, many are concerned about the potential displacement of workers. Some have proposed a Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a solution, but this approach has been criticized by many (myself included) for many reasons. In this article, we will explore a potential solution to some of the problems inherent in UBI…
Tag: logic
Technocracy: Stakeholder Electorates
One of my single most shared articles has been Balancing Tyranny In DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations). In it, I detailed some of the shortcomings and other issues in networked societies, the most prominent among them being the revolving door stakeholder. This individual is a danger to any DAO because they exist simply to trade value,…
Photonics
The last fifty years have seen unprecedented gains made in the field of computation under what many would know to be Moore’s Law. This law in it’s simplest explanation is that every two years will yield double the amount of transistors on a chip half the size of the generation before. Regrettably for us the…
Social Networks and Forced Decentralization
Candidly, I rarely like to talk about the current contentious present. Everyone has their own opinions about the “now” and how things are done, should be done, should not be done, and the list goes on. With that in mind, I tend to focus my attention outward to the future and cater to an audience…
Pursuing Knowledge, Bound By Logic, Seeking Truth
Common sense, fun fact, isn’t common. One look around society is plenty evidence enough of that. When the famed Thomas Paine penned his political hit Common Sense, he had a goal and a hope. The goal was to use logic, emotion, and truth to persuade restless colonists of his day that absolving connections to the…
Trolley Car Problems
Ethics and morality concern all people, however practicality and technicalities are abundant. Indeed, while one might simply quote a religious text, or even simply claim to possess a “gut feeling” for morality, the fact of the matter is neither of those truly provide a concrete, one and done solution to certain situation. One way to…