When I interviewed Charles Eisenstein, author of the book "Sacred Economics," for the Interviews with the Leading Edge series, one of the things Charles discussed is what he calls the gift economy. A gift economy is one in which people act in a way without profit motive as their primary reason for doing something. Instead, they perform their service or sell their wares, and let others decide a dollar value for that service. Radiohead used this … [Read more...]
Open Future, Liquid Networks and Crowdfunding
As I've stated in my previous articles on an open future, Towards an Open Future and 12 Trends - Now and Future - of an Open World, creating a more open world is truly the path towards creating a better tomorrow. A more open world is the hope of the future - it is the key to a more enlightened future, one that can allow us to live more peacefully with one another in a very sustainable way. A more open future is predicated on people being more … [Read more...]