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Over time we want to build some options on the least worst ways to establish Baseline (nothing is a silver bullet) and by talking to system thinkers as well as economists that are outside the mainstream.
The website https://baselinenow.org will also host new interactive elements aimed at gathering a clear community view of this evolving issue.
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Hi I’m Shawn, a computer & information scientist (University of Oregon ‘07) with 22 years of software industry experience. I’m originally from Portland, Oregon and currently living in New York state.
I’m interested in superintelligence, next-generation software architecture, a post-labor world, naturalism, and homesteading.
Civic Futurist. My pronouns are: Politically/Homeless. I write about the near future from a human point of view. Occasional non-economist on Steve Keen & Relearning Economics livestreams. Author of Beyond a Survival Economy or BaSE.
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