Thanks. The ideas are very serious for me however. I believe that the democratization of capital is the great task of our generation. For me it is an important idea to get out into the world and your talents could be the very way to do so in a humorous, entertaining way. How much would I need to raise to contract with you for a Captain Capitalism cartoon like the ones you have done already? Say, were Captain Capitalism has an epiphany, maybe with the help of a little yoda like Gandi who tells him "Change the be you want the world to see" then he falls asleep and Thomas Paine's Common Sense falls off the bookshelf and clobbers him on the head.
Then he wakes up realizing that his beloved capitalism is in danger and he must save it, but he can't do it alone. He needs all the boys and girls to help. To gather all their dimes an quarters and energize new corporations of the people, by the people, and for the people. Corporations with out kings. Corporations there to serve the governed.
One of the largest shifts in human society has occurred in the last 20 years - up there with the wheel, the hunter/gatherer band, and the rise of the nation state. The majority of the 100 largest economies in the world are now corporate states, not nation states. The corporate state is the ascendant form of governance in our world and we must begin the work of making them self-regulating, accountable structures if we have any hope of a free and prosperous future for our children.
Peace.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
October 13, 2009
XXXXXX XXXXX Baker wrote:
> How about a synopsis on your theory on economic evolution? - I am interested that someone has a new idea - I think most people are just trying to wait it out.
Basically, the premise is this. A seismic shift has occurred in human society. The majority of the largest economies in the world are corporations, not governments. These top companies control 40% of the world economy but only employ 1% of the population. The question is not whether this is true, but what are we going to do about it, to insure our access to prosperity, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I think the answer is simple. Millions and millions of brilliant human minds have dedicated themselves, since the rise of the nation state over 1,000 years ago, to the problem of creating accountable governments that are of the people, for the people, and by the people. Now is the time to apply all of that thought to the ascendant form of government, the corporate state. We are building a Democratic Economic Nation (DEN) at Shinneyboo where no one can ever become King (myself especially). We will do this by creating governing constitution that applies the concepts of Checks and Balances, Branches of Governance, Elected Accountable Leadership, etc. We will build a strong, profitable, corporation that is created to serve the people who work for it and invest in it.
> How about a synopsis on your theory on economic evolution? - I am interested that someone has a new idea - I think most people are just trying to wait it out.
Basically, the premise is this. A seismic shift has occurred in human society. The majority of the largest economies in the world are corporations, not governments. These top companies control 40% of the world economy but only employ 1% of the population. The question is not whether this is true, but what are we going to do about it, to insure our access to prosperity, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I think the answer is simple. Millions and millions of brilliant human minds have dedicated themselves, since the rise of the nation state over 1,000 years ago, to the problem of creating accountable governments that are of the people, for the people, and by the people. Now is the time to apply all of that thought to the ascendant form of government, the corporate state. We are building a Democratic Economic Nation (DEN) at Shinneyboo where no one can ever become King (myself especially). We will do this by creating governing constitution that applies the concepts of Checks and Balances, Branches of Governance, Elected Accountable Leadership, etc. We will build a strong, profitable, corporation that is created to serve the people who work for it and invest in it.
October 13, 2009
XXXXXX XXXXX Baker wrote:
> How about a synopsis on your theory on economic evolution? - I am interested that someone has a new idea - I think most people are just trying to wait it out.
Basically, the premise is this. A seismic shift has occurred in human society. The majority of the largest economies in the world are corporations, not governments. These top companies control 40% of the world economy but only employ 1% of the population. The question is not whether this is true, but what are we going to do about it, to insure our access to prosperity, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I think the answer is simple. Millions and millions of brilliant human minds have dedicated themselves, since the rise of the nation state over 1,000 years ago, to the problem of creating accountable governments that are of the people, for the people, and by the people. Now is the time to apply all of that thought to the ascendant form of government, the corporate state. We are building a Democratic Economic Nation (DEN) at Shinneyboo where no one can ever become King (myself especially). We will do this by creating governing constitution that applies the concepts of Checks and Balances, Branches of Governance, Elected Accountable Leadership, etc. We will build a strong, profitable, corporation that is created to serve the people who work for it and invest in it.
> How about a synopsis on your theory on economic evolution? - I am interested that someone has a new idea - I think most people are just trying to wait it out.
Basically, the premise is this. A seismic shift has occurred in human society. The majority of the largest economies in the world are corporations, not governments. These top companies control 40% of the world economy but only employ 1% of the population. The question is not whether this is true, but what are we going to do about it, to insure our access to prosperity, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? I think the answer is simple. Millions and millions of brilliant human minds have dedicated themselves, since the rise of the nation state over 1,000 years ago, to the problem of creating accountable governments that are of the people, for the people, and by the people. Now is the time to apply all of that thought to the ascendant form of government, the corporate state. We are building a Democratic Economic Nation (DEN) at Shinneyboo where no one can ever become King (myself especially). We will do this by creating governing constitution that applies the concepts of Checks and Balances, Branches of Governance, Elected Accountable Leadership, etc. We will build a strong, profitable, corporation that is created to serve the people who work for it and invest in it.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
September 10, 2009
It was a pleasure talking to you. You obviously have a depth of knowledge that could be useful to me and I look forward to speaking with you further. I agree with you on the short comings of Alexander the Great, however, my breath of knowledge and study comes from the more collaborative cultures of North America, specifically the Nez Perce and the Iroquois cultures, and a more systemic, less authoritarian, brand of leadership model.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haudenosaunee
I think it is precisely the western style of authoritarian, dictatorial leadership that has gotten us in this problem. A systemic leader tries to till the soil and make the conditions right for desired outcomes like prosperity and community, but is willing to detach from what actually ends up occurring (as long as the systemic goals are met).
Also, the book "The Genius of America" makes the case that the American Revolution was one of the only ones in history based on the premise that leaders will become greedy and corrupt and therefore care needs to be taken with separation of powers, elections, and an independent judiciary to insure that no one can ever become king (although people have come pretty close).
My vision has been to take all of what we have learned about western style political democracy and apply it to corporations and to bring the new "warring tribes" together in a great economic prosperity to insure that tyranny does not prevail in our world and that corporate "nobility" can no longer be free riders on the backs of hard working, honest, individuals.
I hope that I can convince you to believe in what collaborations of free people are capable of achieving and that you will find promise in becoming a patriot for this great cause.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haudenosaunee
I think it is precisely the western style of authoritarian, dictatorial leadership that has gotten us in this problem. A systemic leader tries to till the soil and make the conditions right for desired outcomes like prosperity and community, but is willing to detach from what actually ends up occurring (as long as the systemic goals are met).
Also, the book "The Genius of America" makes the case that the American Revolution was one of the only ones in history based on the premise that leaders will become greedy and corrupt and therefore care needs to be taken with separation of powers, elections, and an independent judiciary to insure that no one can ever become king (although people have come pretty close).
My vision has been to take all of what we have learned about western style political democracy and apply it to corporations and to bring the new "warring tribes" together in a great economic prosperity to insure that tyranny does not prevail in our world and that corporate "nobility" can no longer be free riders on the backs of hard working, honest, individuals.
I hope that I can convince you to believe in what collaborations of free people are capable of achieving and that you will find promise in becoming a patriot for this great cause.
Monday, July 13, 2009
July 13th, 2009
It was great meeting you. I am excited in moving forward with The Economic Alliance (TEA) Party -- a non-aligned, non-ideological Political and Economic Action Committee.
I will be working on coming up with a brief description of TEA Party, Policorps, the cellular multi-level organizational model, incorporated democracy, and some suggested initial goals and objectives. In addition, I will be setting up the bank account and Direct Debit system of dues payments. In the mean time, you can focus on getting a cell together in your area. This should be close, trusted family and friends who get together on a regular basis anyway and could easily add TEA Party organizing to your lives. Once you have 8 to 12 members, you will need to "hire" one among you to represent your cell in the central organization. Also, as soon as possible, each of your original members will need to begin forming their own cells. Each original member will be the initial "hire" to represent their newly formed "divided" cells in your original cell. Once the divided cells are formed with 8-12 members they will officially vote who they are hiring to represent them in your original cell. (I am going to work on simplifying how this is all described).
The cells that I am going to form up here will decide quickly if they want to focus on purchasing the property and moving forward with the development of "Aggressively Resource Efficient Communities (ARECs)" on the Western Slope and whether to try and go after acquiring additional parcels. I am open to any involvement you want to have in that process. No companies will be formed by TEA Party but there will be separate for-profit or non-profit incorporations as "states" in the Union. TEA Party will act like a loose federal confederation for the purpose of aggregating judgment, capital, political influence and the best ideas and practices. I will be forming both Fostering Industry and a for profit company call Nisenan Valley Group. My goal is to sell my equity to Nisenan and to transition from a owner/king to an employee/citizen. My initial thoughts are that if I can "naturalize" 600 citizens who commit to paying $15 per month for 10 years then we will sell our interest to these 600 citizens at $15 a month, or 300 citizens at $30 a month, or 150 citizens at $60 a month, or 75 citizens at $120 a month depending on where the goals and aspirations of the group go. I have to get back work as this has taken about an hour to write, but let me know your thoughts.
Please email this to your dad as I seem to have already lost his email (I need administrative help soon). Also, could you forward that to me?
I will be working on coming up with a brief description of TEA Party, Policorps, the cellular multi-level organizational model, incorporated democracy, and some suggested initial goals and objectives. In addition, I will be setting up the bank account and Direct Debit system of dues payments. In the mean time, you can focus on getting a cell together in your area. This should be close, trusted family and friends who get together on a regular basis anyway and could easily add TEA Party organizing to your lives. Once you have 8 to 12 members, you will need to "hire" one among you to represent your cell in the central organization. Also, as soon as possible, each of your original members will need to begin forming their own cells. Each original member will be the initial "hire" to represent their newly formed "divided" cells in your original cell. Once the divided cells are formed with 8-12 members they will officially vote who they are hiring to represent them in your original cell. (I am going to work on simplifying how this is all described).
The cells that I am going to form up here will decide quickly if they want to focus on purchasing the property and moving forward with the development of "Aggressively Resource Efficient Communities (ARECs)" on the Western Slope and whether to try and go after acquiring additional parcels. I am open to any involvement you want to have in that process. No companies will be formed by TEA Party but there will be separate for-profit or non-profit incorporations as "states" in the Union. TEA Party will act like a loose federal confederation for the purpose of aggregating judgment, capital, political influence and the best ideas and practices. I will be forming both Fostering Industry and a for profit company call Nisenan Valley Group. My goal is to sell my equity to Nisenan and to transition from a owner/king to an employee/citizen. My initial thoughts are that if I can "naturalize" 600 citizens who commit to paying $15 per month for 10 years then we will sell our interest to these 600 citizens at $15 a month, or 300 citizens at $30 a month, or 150 citizens at $60 a month, or 75 citizens at $120 a month depending on where the goals and aspirations of the group go. I have to get back work as this has taken about an hour to write, but let me know your thoughts.
Please email this to your dad as I seem to have already lost his email (I need administrative help soon). Also, could you forward that to me?
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
May 26. 2009
I thought of a idea for a Far Side like cartoon where God announces that he is giving a seminar on Evolution, the huge scary dinosaur says "Evolution, not interested, my fundamentals are sound", and the meek, cowering lemur like prosimian with big wide eyes says "What time is that going to be?"
I have been having some new ideas that have gotten me thinking and I was wondering if you have time to give me feedback. I think I will never be content simply writing, as I feel an urgency to get things moving now.
I was reading Obama's "Dreams of My Father" and came to the section on community organizing. His goal was to find an issue to organize around, and it almost didn't matter what it was as long as it brought people together. Then I was watching Bill Moyer's Journal with Donna Smith of the California Nursing Association about how Single Payer is not even being considered in the new health initiative. It is off the table from the beginning. Which is an outrage and a clear indication of the corrupting influence of undemocratic capital in our political system. Then I applied Incorporated Democracy to the issue and instead of fighting the corporate line I came up with an entrepreneurial idea of creating a 'Policorp" insurance company for the people of Nevada County. A $500 a month premium would generate $600 Million dollars to support the two county Hospitals, plus property tax dollars, medicare funds, workers comp dollars, and more funding sources. You could then eliminate every cost associated with billing and insurance and allow the hospital to treat any resident of the county free of charge. The hospital would then have a huge incentive to invest in preventative care. Also, some mechanism would need to be put in place to pass the costs on to those patients that refuse to stop smoking, drinking in excess, or over eating after every measure had been applied to help them correct their unhealthy behavior. Also, as end of life care accounts for up to 70 percent of health care costs, some kind of community consensus would need to be reached on how much we we spend on the last year or two of each of our lives (for instance the hip replacement for Obama's terminally ill Grandmother). Obviously big heady issues for a community to try and reach a decision on, but exciting in what is possible.
I then see creating a "Return to Common Sense" journal that is used to communicate and mobilize the community. And, if a community consensus did form and the existing Board of Supervisors and the elected Hospital Boards did not fully support its implementation, then a recall election could be done to move things forward rapidly. I see having a weekly meeting of an "Evolutionary Council" at Shinneyboo Creek to formulate information and strategy and a small monthly dues structure to aggregate capital and pay expenses. The dues could be covered by selling say 10 copies of the Return to Common Sense a month for those who can't come up with the dues. Then a version of a Network Marketing structure could be created not only to rapidly expand the base but also to serve as a method of aggregating judgment through a series of democratically structured organizational cells that make decisions and then pass them up series of levels to one large corporate governing body.
Writing "The Next American Evolution" seems so distant from making real change. I wonder if I could effect more immediate benefit by applying the concepts to the critical problems facing my community. I am reading "Harnessing Complexity" about science surrounding the concepts and mechanisms of Complex Adaptive Structures and I am excited by the possibilities of the application of this thinking. I am wondering if this type of organizing could give me practical experience that would inform and shape the writing I do later.
Thanks for your time. Your thoughts are appreciated.
With Hope and Determination,
Michael Rogers
I have been having some new ideas that have gotten me thinking and I was wondering if you have time to give me feedback. I think I will never be content simply writing, as I feel an urgency to get things moving now.
I was reading Obama's "Dreams of My Father" and came to the section on community organizing. His goal was to find an issue to organize around, and it almost didn't matter what it was as long as it brought people together. Then I was watching Bill Moyer's Journal with Donna Smith of the California Nursing Association about how Single Payer is not even being considered in the new health initiative. It is off the table from the beginning. Which is an outrage and a clear indication of the corrupting influence of undemocratic capital in our political system. Then I applied Incorporated Democracy to the issue and instead of fighting the corporate line I came up with an entrepreneurial idea of creating a 'Policorp" insurance company for the people of Nevada County. A $500 a month premium would generate $600 Million dollars to support the two county Hospitals, plus property tax dollars, medicare funds, workers comp dollars, and more funding sources. You could then eliminate every cost associated with billing and insurance and allow the hospital to treat any resident of the county free of charge. The hospital would then have a huge incentive to invest in preventative care. Also, some mechanism would need to be put in place to pass the costs on to those patients that refuse to stop smoking, drinking in excess, or over eating after every measure had been applied to help them correct their unhealthy behavior. Also, as end of life care accounts for up to 70 percent of health care costs, some kind of community consensus would need to be reached on how much we we spend on the last year or two of each of our lives (for instance the hip replacement for Obama's terminally ill Grandmother). Obviously big heady issues for a community to try and reach a decision on, but exciting in what is possible.
I then see creating a "Return to Common Sense" journal that is used to communicate and mobilize the community. And, if a community consensus did form and the existing Board of Supervisors and the elected Hospital Boards did not fully support its implementation, then a recall election could be done to move things forward rapidly. I see having a weekly meeting of an "Evolutionary Council" at Shinneyboo Creek to formulate information and strategy and a small monthly dues structure to aggregate capital and pay expenses. The dues could be covered by selling say 10 copies of the Return to Common Sense a month for those who can't come up with the dues. Then a version of a Network Marketing structure could be created not only to rapidly expand the base but also to serve as a method of aggregating judgment through a series of democratically structured organizational cells that make decisions and then pass them up series of levels to one large corporate governing body.
Writing "The Next American Evolution" seems so distant from making real change. I wonder if I could effect more immediate benefit by applying the concepts to the critical problems facing my community. I am reading "Harnessing Complexity" about science surrounding the concepts and mechanisms of Complex Adaptive Structures and I am excited by the possibilities of the application of this thinking. I am wondering if this type of organizing could give me practical experience that would inform and shape the writing I do later.
Thanks for your time. Your thoughts are appreciated.
With Hope and Determination,
Michael Rogers
Saturday, May 9, 2009
May 9, 2009
Mr. Axelrod,
I am writing because I have come across your work in my research into the Evolution of Cooperation. I am specifically looking at applying "high-tech" scientific theory to economic organizational structures. I am developing an organizational model called a "policorp" -- a hybrid structure that combines three social "engines" into one systemically coherent organizational structure -- the economic might of the corporate, the cooperative sophistication of the democratic political, and the focus on a communities' social needs of the non-profit sector.
I am wondering what the applicability of agent based modeling could be to my work?
I believe world society is in desperate need of a "good design" for how we organized economically -- one that is far more sophisticated than the current dominant, feudally inspired, corporate model. The multiple crisises on Wall Street demonstrates to me the failure of our current corporate model to incorporate sufficiently high-tech judgment aggregation and to understand the impacts of Condorcet's Jury Theorem. As well as the social dangers that have arisen from a naive system based on the hope that business leaders will do what is right. I am reminded of the story of the scorpion and the frog, whom he convinces to carry him across the river, were the scorpion stings the frog midstream killing them both with the excuse "I couldn't help myself, it is my nature." The "genius" of American Democracy was that, unlike socialism and communism, we assumed leaders "nature" would be to become greed and corrupt and we built a system design to insure that no one could become King and that the government would always remain "of the people, by the people, and for the people". I am convinced that there is now an evolutionary imperative that we apply that thought to the design of new incorporations of the hopes and dreams of our people.
The freeriders in complex non-governmental systems are increasingly becoming the leaders of those organizations and they are creating a barrier to cooperation where there is no benefit of cooperation to all of the myriad of cooperators who have built those very organizations, including staff, from upper management to entry level, and increasingly the investors who have funded them.
Just as the success of the American Founders was rooted in their love of good government, as opposed to most revolutions which were based more in a dislike of government, I am a unrepentant capitalist who believes that capitalism is in desperate need of "re-tooling". I have attached some writings that can give you an idea on the direction of my work. I have multiple goals including: inspiring the building of a Policorp on the Western Slope of the High Sierra; writing of a book called The Next American Evolution -- Incorporated Democracy and a Return to Common Sense; and the development of the Global Institute for Capital Evolution (GlobalICE) to support the Scientific, intellectual, and policy underpinnings of this economic evolution at my 160 acre resort near Lake Tahoe, California.
I am writing to see if you have any interest in discussing these issues further with me to help in the research I need move forward in a manner firmly based in the best scientific thinking, or secondarily whether there is a graduate student (or Northern California based program) who might be interested in consulting on our project in conjunction with their educational pursuits, or thirdly if you could be so kind as to point me in a direction to educate myself further, with the understanding that I am not scientifically trained.
We are willing to pursue grants to support any assistance you might see fit to provide. If you have made it this far, I thank you for your time and consideration.
With Hope and Determination,
Michael Rogers
I am writing because I have come across your work in my research into the Evolution of Cooperation. I am specifically looking at applying "high-tech" scientific theory to economic organizational structures. I am developing an organizational model called a "policorp" -- a hybrid structure that combines three social "engines" into one systemically coherent organizational structure -- the economic might of the corporate, the cooperative sophistication of the democratic political, and the focus on a communities' social needs of the non-profit sector.
I am wondering what the applicability of agent based modeling could be to my work?
I believe world society is in desperate need of a "good design" for how we organized economically -- one that is far more sophisticated than the current dominant, feudally inspired, corporate model. The multiple crisises on Wall Street demonstrates to me the failure of our current corporate model to incorporate sufficiently high-tech judgment aggregation and to understand the impacts of Condorcet's Jury Theorem. As well as the social dangers that have arisen from a naive system based on the hope that business leaders will do what is right. I am reminded of the story of the scorpion and the frog, whom he convinces to carry him across the river, were the scorpion stings the frog midstream killing them both with the excuse "I couldn't help myself, it is my nature." The "genius" of American Democracy was that, unlike socialism and communism, we assumed leaders "nature" would be to become greed and corrupt and we built a system design to insure that no one could become King and that the government would always remain "of the people, by the people, and for the people". I am convinced that there is now an evolutionary imperative that we apply that thought to the design of new incorporations of the hopes and dreams of our people.
The freeriders in complex non-governmental systems are increasingly becoming the leaders of those organizations and they are creating a barrier to cooperation where there is no benefit of cooperation to all of the myriad of cooperators who have built those very organizations, including staff, from upper management to entry level, and increasingly the investors who have funded them.
Just as the success of the American Founders was rooted in their love of good government, as opposed to most revolutions which were based more in a dislike of government, I am a unrepentant capitalist who believes that capitalism is in desperate need of "re-tooling". I have attached some writings that can give you an idea on the direction of my work. I have multiple goals including: inspiring the building of a Policorp on the Western Slope of the High Sierra; writing of a book called The Next American Evolution -- Incorporated Democracy and a Return to Common Sense; and the development of the Global Institute for Capital Evolution (GlobalICE) to support the Scientific, intellectual, and policy underpinnings of this economic evolution at my 160 acre resort near Lake Tahoe, California.
I am writing to see if you have any interest in discussing these issues further with me to help in the research I need move forward in a manner firmly based in the best scientific thinking, or secondarily whether there is a graduate student (or Northern California based program) who might be interested in consulting on our project in conjunction with their educational pursuits, or thirdly if you could be so kind as to point me in a direction to educate myself further, with the understanding that I am not scientifically trained.
We are willing to pursue grants to support any assistance you might see fit to provide. If you have made it this far, I thank you for your time and consideration.
With Hope and Determination,
Michael Rogers
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