The commons needs to be paid for.
Who will do the paying, and what’s in it for them to pay.
Until the incentives that are needed to fund this system to protect the commons are clearly identified and made available, I suspect that the utopian dream envisaged by such systems will remain theoretical.
Sorry to sound like a boo-hiss chipping in from the side lines but i’ve just read the lengthy D-Cent report which was clearly written by Nesta’s technobabble crowd and whilst it’s a great essay on the alternatives that exist right now, it doesn’t give me any confidence that a business model exists to support the desire for a sustainable alternative to money.
I’m afraid my view is that a market-led solution is what’s needed here but don’t panic, business has an big incentive to become more sustainable – the unmet demand of its customers.
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