Tony Blair, Stephen Green, Indra Nooyi, Shimon Peres, James J. Schiro, Jim Wallis with Maria RamosThe high hopes are that people are surely not so gullible to swallow this old tired line yet again; the low expectations are based in a cursory understanding of Introduction to Behavioral Economics. Let us consider and reason together:
Industrial Era Capitalism was great for the past and it worked in that context; however, today it is our duty to configure a system for the post-automation society; the NEXT 50, 100, 200 years; bringing to bear the best of our collective intelligence, quantitative rigor, and intuitive forecasting capabilities, moving forward. For more than 50 years America's best and brightest have called for unconditional, LIVABLE #BasicIncome. It's time to join them. Here's why.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The (Situational; Optional; Variable) Values Behind Market Capitalism
This is the World Economic Forum presentation most likely to reveal that fact that genuine, effective change will NOT be coming to any real life situation near you. We'll see, at 10:30 CET tomorrow. I'm hopeful, but not at all enthusiastic, considering this lineup of usual suspect: