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RE: If Money = Memory, if Society = a Super Computer, if Computation is in Physical Systems, what is a Decentralized Operating System?
The problem with wealth is that it could help people die faster. Obesity for example is a perfect example. Society generates memes which cause people to want to eat more which causes obesity. People who create these memes get wealthy selling processed foods but it doesn't keep the members of society alive, productive, healthy, so it's not actually good for the members of society even if it adds to GDP.
Why is this? Because society isn't wise, rational, or moral. Society seems like you say to be nothing more than a growth machine. A better world would mean society would produce biofuels/clean food which taste good, is healthy, is cheap, etc. We don't see this right now though or if we do then it is rare.
the poor are obese. the wealth = better medicine and science. incl. longevity and rejuvanation and radical repair tech. more, better, and diverse and more and more affordable.
Wealth is just access to resources. What do you think will happen if the computation resources are hoarded? What happens if more people gain access? It doesn't require any of what you mention prior to just having every citizen given the means to participate in science. Collaborative team science.
To study the human body takes time. It's extremely extremely complex. To study even your own body would take too much time for you to do. If you had autonomous agents as part of your mind then suddenly it becomes a lot less time consuming for you to be constantly researching your genetics and diseases or your gifts.
knowledge and thought are everything. correct. the most valuable wealth. but without money how would you trade them?
How do you interact socially? You act as if every interaction you have in your life is involving money? I exchange knowledge all the time with you in specific and we aren't involving the blockchain to do that.
gift economy. :)
No, not gift economy. Social exchange. People exchange without even consciously being aware. Barter is a conscious awareness of an exchange of like for like where the value of the two things being exchanged are seen as equal. The gift economy in western society is mostly a Christmas ritual at best where people exchange gifts, or Halloween where people give candy to kids.
People share knowledge because it's a way to gain more knowledge. If people decide never to share knowledge with others then they'll have a harder time getting more knowledge.
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exactly gift economy == social exchange. zero-entry book-keeping cause they can handle the txs memory unaided by writing, counting etc. soon I'll beam an essay on that too.