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I've made the same argument before as well. Also thinking of the great overview of market/social norms in Predictably Irrational. It consistently gets ignored w

I've made the same argument before as well. Also thinking of the great overview of market/social norms in Predictably Irrational. It consistently gets ignored when talking about trying to inject money into open source. Now I read a well written article on HN about exactly the question of how to encourage open source without ruining the exact thing that makes it work and think "Hey, there will be at least a bit of an interesting discussion in the comments. Maybe some new ideas about how to retain social norms while encouraging more open source work". So was the point hard to understand and I only think it was clear because I'm on the same page? Why are there barely any comments on point, and the majority seem to just have wilfully ignored it and written whatever was on their mind concerning the author, open source and money in general?

informatimago 13y ago
Yes, this is a complex subject. I like to cite the Venus Project in these cases, but while it provides a seemingly simple solution, reaching such a situation will be very complicated both for ideologies to fight, interests to overcome, knowledge to be gained, etc. A citizen revenue seems to be the easiest first step in this direction. You could think of it as a generalized kickstarter project, without the potential drawbacks of kickstarter.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  "The Venus Project is an organization started by self-educated structural engineer, industrial designer, and futurist Jacque Fresco. Fresco's project aims to restructure society through worldwide utilization of a theoretical design that he calls a resource-based economy. Those ideas use a version of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation with a global socio-economic system based on social cooperation and scientific methodology." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venus_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venus_Project

informatimago 13y ago

Yes, this is a complex subject. I like to cite the Venus Project in these cases, but while it provides a seemingly simple solution, reaching such a situation will be very complicated both for ideologies to fight, interests to overcome, knowledge to be gained, etc. A citizen revenue seems to be the easiest first step in this direction. You could think of it as a generalized kickstarter project, without the potential drawbacks of kickstarter.

dllthomas 13y ago
"The Venus Project is an organization started by self-educated structural engineer, industrial designer, and futurist Jacque Fresco. Fresco's project aims to restructure society through worldwide utilization of a theoretical design that he calls a resource-based economy. Those ideas use a version of sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural resource management and advanced automation with a global socio-economic system based on social cooperation and scientific methodology." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venus_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venus_Project