In today’s world, open borders seems as far away as it’s ever been. Across the entire spectrum of political parties this issue is a non-starter even with the most liberal of parties. Although many support the idea most ignore it for being utopian and unrealistic. We believe this is because…

Decentralised technologies are promising a better world. Yet they seem to be recreating the same power structures that exist in our world today. The main problem with the crypto-economy is that they are based around the concept of “one token one vote". As each token has a monetary value, this…

How we can hand ‘kracia’ (power) back to ‘the demos’ (people) Part 1 here The following article proposes a process by which ‘the vote’ or ‘someone’s political power’ can be tokenized to be used in the digital domain. Pre-requisite: A decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) must be established. Role of the…

A process to tokenize political power using the real-world democratic process. [PART 2: Link here] Alchemy is the mythical practice of turning lead into gold. Today the world is run by alchemists. These are the private transnational banking corporations who have the power to conjure money out of thin…

Adubi — name given to a girl in Yoruba culture which stands for: ‘one we struggled to birth’ Universal Basic Income (or the UBI) is now firmly in the mainstream conciousness. For those of you living under a rock, this is the idea that everyone (and that means everyone) will…

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Alchemy is the mythical practice of turning lead into gold. Today the world is run by alchemists. These are the private transnational banking corporations who have the power to conjure money out of thin air (double-spend) and lend that money out with interest (rent-seek). Now charging interest on money one…

In this article I discuss the many problems facing our democracy. Here I would like to share a few ideas as to how we might improve the democratic process using digital technology. The idea is based around the online governance platform. On here citizens will conduct all aspects of governance…

The role of any democratically elected government is to ensure the health and prosperity for the people they govern and the land those people inhabit. They do this in two ways: First, by passing laws and regulations protecting its people and their environment; Second, by taxing the population and redistributing…