Digital Society

I was thinking about coming up with something good and original. I already had the basics, but then I did a little research to see if something similar existed, and it turned out that everything already exists. I didn’t come up with anything new. Again. Great.


Oh well. Then I’ll write down what solutions I’ve found for creating a fairer, more sustainable, and more cooperative society. There are a lot of exciting things here. Probably better ones than my ideas.


Imagine, there are already functioning digital social models.


For example, there are DAOs, which enable the creation of decentralized, blockchain-based contracts and organizations. Basically, this means anything. Examples include Aragon, DAOstack, and MakerDAO.


There are digital states, such as Bitnation, which is a voluntary, virtual nation based on blockchain.


There are digital basic income communities like GoodDollar and Circles UBI.


For direct democracy, there are digital platforms like Loomio and Liquid Democracy. These allow users to have a direct say instead of relying on the current representative systems.


In the field of community funding and economy, FairCoop and Open Collective might offer solutions.


I couldn’t find out how many users they have. I assume all of them were created with the best intentions to make the future better for humanity. Then again, I thought the same about Bitcoin, but by now, it’s obvious that it has become a useless thing, merely a toy for speculators.


Clearly, these digital tools are still in their infancy, and it will take a few years to see what they are really good for.

I believe that even the best-intentioned system will only benefit society as much as its users make it beneficial.


There are countless opportunities ahead of us, and people are just trying to keep up, having no clue which one will actually allow them to buy a loaf of bread tomorrow. I fear that none of them will.

Do you use any of these?

Do you see the future in this?

Will this make our lives better?

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