Stoep!
Mijn dochter Miru van drie is nogal streng in haar opvoeding. Wanneer ik in onze straat, de schilderachtige Rua da Bempostinha in de Lissabonse wijk Arroio, vergeet over de smalle strook keien te lopen, roept ze: "papa, stoep!" Haastig spring ik dan van het gehavende asfalt terug op het trottoir. Maar gisteren was die stoep ...
Catalyst of the Gift Economy: Trustcoins
We no longer understand economy as the study of human interaction under the conditions of scarcity. As production tends to near zero marginal cost, the manufacturing of artificial scarcity becomes more difficult every day. If only capital wasn't biased towards scarce resources and abundant labor to exploit, but adapted to a world of abundant resources ...