tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607417017516206070.post8030715182881372769..comments2016-12-12T00:04:32.718+02:00Comments on Copiosis Finland: Copiosis – siirtymäkauden talous- ja yhteiskuntajärjestelmä matkalla kohti Resurssipohjaista talouttaCopiosis Finlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13285208535564490713noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607417017516206070.post-69484688515718745182016-12-12T00:04:32.718+02:002016-12-12T00:04:32.718+02:00Isn’t NBR just another form of money? Many people ...Isn’t NBR just another form of money? Many people first think Net Benefit Rewards (NBR) is just another form of gussied-up currency.<br />But it’s not. I realize some die-hard people will argue to the end days that NBR is a currency. <br /><br />I’m ok with that. As far as I’m concerned, NBR doesn’t function at all like money, so how can it be?<br /><br />For one, it is a moral form of reward. It is rewarded only after the effects of an action are known, and the reward is only made for actions that benefit the planet and or people. Money doesn’t<br />work that way.<br /><br />Secondly, NBR is non-transferrable. That eliminates the two-party transaction dilemma that naturally exists as part of the zero-sum game simulation money creates. When a consumer wants a product, she doesn’t hand her NBR over to the producer of the product. The producer offers<br />the good, the consumer accepts it, and gives up her NBR. Her NBR goes out of existence. <br /><br />Once the effects of consuming that good show up in the real world, i.e the consumer uses the product and sees some results from using it, the NBR algorithm (via the Payer Organization) rewards the producer with NBR based on several inputs used in the algorithm. These inputs measure the<br />results and measure how “beneficial” the results are to the consumer, to society, and to the planet.<br /><br />Assuming the “net” benefit is positive, the producer is rewarded.<br />This three-way transaction is unique to NBR.<br /><br />Money is a store of value. There is no concept of value in NBR as value is meaningless. Net Benefit is what NBR measures, not value. There are a lot more reasons why NBR is not money. I go into pretty detailed explanation about this in this post. NBR is not backed by debt, gold, or other standard. It is simply a measure of how well a producer’s action benefits consumers and the planet. Money does not act that way either.<br />Other critical differences include the following: no one is forced to earn NBR to afford necessities. You can’t get into NBR debt. Your NBR can’t be taken from you (they’re non<br />transferrable, remember?) so you are far more free in Copiosis to choose what you do with your time. If you were free to do whatever you wanted with your time, if you had no debt, and you can’t get into debt, if all your necessities were provided to you at no cost to you (including<br />education and medical care), what would you do with your time? My guess is most people (far more than not) would do things that benefit others or the planet. That’s what we are hard-wired to do. This unleashes humanity to follow their hearts, their passions, their desires. The vast<br />majority in the world today are decidedly NOT doing that at their “jobs.” Money does not work in this manner. NBR and the system it is embedded in does.<br />Copiosis Finlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285208535564490713noreply@blogger.com