abcampbell
Joined 11 years ago
Joined 11 years ago
He's participating the democratic process, would be interested to hear his rationale rather than a bunch of speculations about what he may or may not believe.
so people can, and will, and should, ask
this also calls into question the general practice of "forfeit right X to get benefit Y" that appears common
In cases where "benefit Y" is actually "right Y", then it raises the question of whether these agreements are valid.
I don't know if that's actually happening, but probabilistically would not be surprised if it were - just given the legal complexity involved in these documents.
The issue is the huge can of worms this (could) open up if every shareholder realizes access to financial information is a #right and not a #privilege
At least as far as I understand the law, which is (admittedly) limited.
Why not call it Cruise Control 2.0?
That's why Toyota calls is cruise control and not autopilot
The point is not that this is the UI of the future, the point is that there are other ways to conceptualize doing knowledge work with a machine, this is one.
Real innovation takes time...
Here's the man himself, Alan Kay, on the topic.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046437/5-steps-to-recreate-xero...
Money is whatever other people will accept as money.
CBcoin accounts could be more stable form of money (though as many emerging markets show, it's not like central banks are always risk-free), but that doesn't mean it would crowd out all other forms. On the contrary, just seems like a return to fractional-reserve gold standard, where instead of gold, people use CBcoins...