Discussions on the Future of the Economy

Location and Time

(in progress)

It is organized as a series of sessions during the first week of August (night or morning to accommodate timezones in Thailand, East Coast USA, Korea, West Coast USA - in the order from least to most flexible due to count). Location is Google+ hangout.

There are many interested people suggesting to keep the discussion going a continuing basis, in the format of a 2 hour weekly session - we can announce that after the first meeting is successful.

People

(we’ve hit the limit in num of people in G+ hangout - multiple sessions required if we want to accommodate more people who've expressed interest):

• Mr Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation
• Dr Marvin T. Brown, Professor, author of "Civilizing the Economy"
• Dr Adam Arvidsson, Professor, author of "Ethical Economy"
• Dr Christian Arnsperger, Professor, Economist, Eco-transitions
• Dr James Hughes, Executive Director for Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies
• Dr Mark D. Whitaker, Socio-economist.
• Dr Meera Sitharam, Professor, Complexity expert
• Dr Linda Hermer, Neuroscientist, studying Healthcare Policy
• Dr Amit Dhurandhar, Machine Learning researcher at IBM
• Mohamad Tarifi, PhD candidate in Computer Science

Topics

Please feel free to add new sessions, topics, modify existing ones, or otherwise change anything you want. I will act as moderator, but I think it’s better if you lead specific topics. Please write your name next to the topic you wish to lead:

• Session 1: Economics of abundance and scarcity.
  • Automation and work (Lead by: Mohamad Tarifi)
  • Environmental impact

• Session 2: Possibilities for Society
  • Top-down, Bottom-up, P2P organization
  • Philosophical, Environmental, Ethical considerations
  • The role of Technology

• Session 3: Currency systems
  • Scarcity based systems: traditional, bitcoin, the terra
  • Abundance based systems: ripplepay, community hours
  • Public commons

• Session 4: Transition challenges
  • Political, Social and Economic barriers
  • Proposed solutions

• Session 5: Open discussion

Pre-Reading list:

• P2P in a Nutshell
• Brief thoughts on insuring a better future
• Introduction to the New World of Alternative Currencies
• Ripplepay
• Quadrant view
• Towards A Commodity Ecology
• Non-representational politics
• Transitioning ideas from Christian Arnsperger
• Criticism of bitcoin