Reconism

Marks Jonathan, What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and their Genes. — Berkeley : University of California Press, 2002. Zorina Z. A., Poletaeva, I., Reznikova, I. I. Fundamentals of Ethology and Genetics of Behavior. Moscow: Moscow University Press “Higher School,” 2002. — 2. — Web. 13 Dec. Continue Reading

We cannot reliably know in advance whether a utopian or dystopian scenario awaits us in the future, whether we will experience sustainable prosperity or miserable existence. However, we can take a closer look at what is happening in the world right now and try to build the future from the Continue Reading

When the winds change direction, some build walls, while others build windmills. Chinese proverb. Perhaps more than once or twice while reading this book, you felt uncomfortable imagining a world where everyone is constantly in view of one another. Do we like this world ourselves? Not really. No one wants Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle Public nature Crime and Punishment International politics and national idea New elite Bored Aristocrats Public nature Erich Fromm was a German sociologist, philosopher, social psychologist, psychoanalyst, a member of the Frankfurt School, and one of the founders of neo-Freudianism and Freudo-Marxism. He used the concept of Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle Maximum size of structures The Lloyd’s principle Finance Public finances Money Peer-to-peer finance Reckonism or totalitarianism? Totalitarianism according to Popper Fare evaders Maximum size of structures While the idea of openness and the blurring of privacy boundaries often evokes emotional resistance and fear, the concept of Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle Computers Cryptography Open Source P2P. Artificial intelligence Non-technical risks Society of Total Surveillance All people are “Big Brothers.” Active social networks The network of the future Computers In the previous chapters, we demonstrated that a radical transformation of all societal institutions is currently gaining momentum, possibly Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle Problems of Hypercentralization The freeloader effect From the History of the Fall of Rome Opportunism of power Corruption Reducing the need for public goods Transition to business processes Loss of market control with asymmetric information Loss of monopoly on information Eternal problems of power Wikinomics Reckonism Continue Reading

To create a part on a 3D printer, you need plastic and a file with the design. The latter is clearly more important, as plastic is a typical commonplace for every part. Everything living on our planet is made up of the same set of amino acids. It is only Continue Reading

Table of Contents Toggle The history of society How the social structure changes The modern ruling class The question that Marx did not answer. Main trend History of society The fewer powers the royal authority has, the longer it lasts. Aristotle To paint a convincing and credible (as much as Continue Reading

You will never achieve change by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, you need to build a new model that will render the current one obsolete. Richard Buckminster Fuller The genomes of humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas are estimated to be 97% to 99% similar. The text for translation: Continue Reading