Joyce Brand unpacks the failing incentive dynamics of legacy cities and nation-states, a prelude to describing the Morazán Model. This is an excerpt from her new book Pioneering Prosperity.
Thanks so much for featuring my book! I spent the time writing it because I think Free Cities are such an important movement for people to understand and get involved with. They are one of the best ways to underthrow the existing coercive power structures.
Nice job on the cover! Very timely topic, given where we're at now. We're pretty much at a place where new thinking is about to be foisted upon the status quo in new, unique, and potentially painful ways. But what incentives, I might add, shall we entertain, to keep it all going? I can't find too many, at least not inside the Beltway. And therein presents the challenge of how best to decentralize authentically and dynamically from this god awful mess, (thank you, Baby Boomers), once they realize very soon that they'll no longer be able to service $36 trillion in debt. Real genius. "But now we know" they will soon tell us. "We've finally gotten the message." "We won't keep doing THAT anymore." Would be interested in hearing from others on the "how" if, assuming that the next congress and administration is really ready to implement real decentralization.
Joyce, I sold Lanier dictation equipment. What kind did you sell? Enjoyed the piece. I remember our federal government reps trading in old equipment still in the original boxes.
I sold Norelco dictation equipment. There were several very good brands of dictation systems, so we had to sell our personal services in supporting them. Back then, who could have dreamed that people in our lifetime would dictate into their phones or computers and have their words transcribed by AI? Yet, while technology has exponentially increased our productivity, government systems have remained just as wasteful.
Thanks so much for featuring my book! I spent the time writing it because I think Free Cities are such an important movement for people to understand and get involved with. They are one of the best ways to underthrow the existing coercive power structures.
Nice job on the cover! Very timely topic, given where we're at now. We're pretty much at a place where new thinking is about to be foisted upon the status quo in new, unique, and potentially painful ways. But what incentives, I might add, shall we entertain, to keep it all going? I can't find too many, at least not inside the Beltway. And therein presents the challenge of how best to decentralize authentically and dynamically from this god awful mess, (thank you, Baby Boomers), once they realize very soon that they'll no longer be able to service $36 trillion in debt. Real genius. "But now we know" they will soon tell us. "We've finally gotten the message." "We won't keep doing THAT anymore." Would be interested in hearing from others on the "how" if, assuming that the next congress and administration is really ready to implement real decentralization.
Joyce, I sold Lanier dictation equipment. What kind did you sell? Enjoyed the piece. I remember our federal government reps trading in old equipment still in the original boxes.
I sold Norelco dictation equipment. There were several very good brands of dictation systems, so we had to sell our personal services in supporting them. Back then, who could have dreamed that people in our lifetime would dictate into their phones or computers and have their words transcribed by AI? Yet, while technology has exponentially increased our productivity, government systems have remained just as wasteful.