meta 5 Mindsets We are still in the "touching the elephant" phase of the "ideological mindsets" that emerge from "The Transition" (away from late-stage-capitalism at the birth of the internet). In other words, we don't yet
self-tax How Self-Taxing Changes Your Mind I have enough money, so I self-tax myself [https://www.rhyslindmark.com/test-we-should-tithe-more-and-where-im-personally-giving-20-of-my-income/] 20% post-tax ($900/month) to give to support civil society. By categorizing this 20% into a special self-tax bucket, this
self-tax Carbon Offsets as a Service I recently realized that Fred Wilson's "Funding Friday" [https://avc.com/category/crowdfunding/] is an example of self-taxing. In this vein, I'd like to experiment with #SelfTaxSunday! Today, I'd like to talk about
abundance Getting $1000 of Free Stuff I write a good amount [https://www.rhyslindmark.com/test-we-should-tithe-more-and-where-im-personally-giving-20-of-my-income/] about the paradigm shift towards the abundance of capital. This is an abstract concept that is sometimes difficult to conceptualize, so I'm always
self-tax Religious Tithing Institutions are complex systems that all have a central goal: to sustain themselves. “Continued existence” is the only must-have goal of any complex system. This implies an interesting exercise—for any type of
systems Axelrod’s Theory of Cooperation I recently wrote about my mindset towards giving, titled: We Should Tithe More! However, creating organic, bottom-up, “selfless/cooperative” behavior is difficult (without some centralized coordination mechanism for cooperation, e.g. the government)
self-tax Universal Tithing We Should Tithe More! (and where I’m personally giving 20% of my income) Hi! The goal of this article is to show: 1. Why “universal tithing” is a key leverage point for
frameworks Factfulness The goal of this article is to explain why adding a 5th level to Hans Rosling’s 4-level income “map” is both more accurate and will vector us towards a more positive future.
abundance Giving $3000 I just donated $3000 to 6 causes (yay!). The goal of this article is to explain both: 1) Why I donated and 2) How I chose the 6 causes. The highlights are: * I
