Comments on: The simplification and decentralization of complex societies in the context of a global uprising scenario https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-simplification-and-decentralization-of-complex-societies/2012/02/23 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Tom Crowl https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-simplification-and-decentralization-of-complex-societies/2012/02/23/comment-page-1#comment-490958 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:44:11 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=22554#comment-490958 Tainter’s work is so central! When the return on added complexity becomes negative… and is accompanied by positive feedback loops which expand negative consequences (over-fishing the oceans with ‘advanced’ technology is a good example) something… sooner of later is going to break.

The difference between catastrophic collapse and a more rational process of simplification will likely be whether there is a collective mindset that can sufficiently develop prior to collapse that recognizes and anticipates that… and offer models and practical social tools that can operate through that transition.

And that is what you are doing here.

So thank you for that! It’s a critical pre-requisite for minimizing the inevitable difficulties.

For my part, I believe the speech-related micro-transaction offers a viable path for the development of a more general, user-owned and governed transaction network which could be a needed tool during such a transition… and so would like to throw that idea into the developing soup. (I’m not holding my breath for existing financial/political entities to put it together… they won’t… its up to us should others see the value in it.)

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