Thousands of social currencies are emerging as people lose confidence in the ability of the dollar to store value. At the end of the day, a currency is a social agreement. People need to agree that whatever they use for the storage and exchange of value accurately represents their productivity – otherwise they will not work for it.
Archive for the ‘Future’ Category
The Knowledge Inventory: You Cannot Make A Bet Without Odds
Submitted by Dan Robles July 23rd, 2010 - 00:15. 1 Comment »
The knowledge inventory is the most important part of Social Capitalism. It is also the only piece that will require everyone to think substantially differently about how we are organized in communities. Once we can get over that hurdle – it’s smooth sailing into the next economic paradigm.
Convergence Toward the Knowledge Inventory
Submitted by Dan Robles July 22nd, 2010 - 01:00. 1 Comment »
The Knowledge inventory will become the most important element of Social Capitalism. Today, knowledge is largely sequestered behind the walls of corporation in the form of titles, skill codes, resumes, job descriptions, certifications, and college degrees. In order to predict the future, we point to the things that we have done in the past.
WIKiD Tools; The Secret Weapon of Social Capitalism
Submitted by Dan Robles July 14th, 2010 - 00:30. 1 Comment »
Take note that debt can reach infinity but austerity measures can only reach zero … you can do the math on a postage stamp. If there ever was a need for a secret weapon, it is now.
On Twitter, The Early Bird Gets the Worm
Submitted by Brian Solis July 8th, 2010 - 12:00. 1 Comment »
Social Shopping is not new, but it is indeed gaining significant momentum. In fact, it represents the latest leaf in the new Conversation Prism infographic set to launch next week. Twitter too, is gaining velocity in a direction many skeptics didn’t think possible, the ability to monetize the stream. Twitter is set to introduce a new ad-powered program, @earlybird – a service that appears to emulate the daily deals powering services such as Groupon with the direct to consumer link proved by @DellOutlet.
Social System Capitalism
Submitted by Dan Robles July 7th, 2010 - 01:00. 1 Comment »
We cannot have a rational discussion about the market capitalist system without also having a rational discussion about the social capitalist system. Yet, Social Capitalism is barely defined. Social capitalism is hidden behind command and control corporate systems and “intangibles” accounting. Social Capitalism is constrained by invisible lines on a map; marginalized, taxed, oppressed and controlled by skin color, gender roles, marketing, politics, and conflict all in the name of my God and Country.
Doing vs. Knowing What to Do
Submitted by Jay Deragon July 6th, 2010 - 12:00. 1 Comment »
Doing something different and getting more than you’ve gotten in the past requires you to know what to do which isn’t what you’ve done.
Independence In The State of Mind
Submitted by Dan Robles July 4th, 2010 - 03:00. No Comments »
Something extraordinary is about to happen in the way Americans organize themselves. Nothing is sacred, no one is immune. The next economic paradigm will alter the course of civilization.
A Social Algorithm?
Submitted by Dan Robles June 21st, 2010 - 01:00. 1 Comment »
Unfortunately, Google cannot organize knowledge directly because knowledge exists only within the consciousness of living, breathing humans. Instead, busy little Google spiders scour the Internet looking for high rates of change of information and they use that as a proxy for “knowledge”.
The Economics of Innovation
Submitted by Dan Robles June 20th, 2010 - 01:20. 1 Comment »
Every time humans invent better ways of doing things, the economy gets a little bigger. The next great leap in economic development will be derived from the knowledge economy by integrating the tools that we developed in this knowledge economy.
