self-tax - Rhys Lindmark

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

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Self-Tax Sunday: How a Self-Tax Constraint Breeds Creativity

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

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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

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Getting $1000 of Free Stuff is a Manifestation of Abundance

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

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How Different Religions Sustain Themselves Through Self-Taxing

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

Applying Axelrod’s “Theory of Cooperation” to Universal Tithing

I recently wrote about my mindset towards giving, titled: We Should Tithe More! [https://medium.com/@RhysLindmark/we-should-tithe-more-and-where-im-personally-giving-20-of-my-income-8772541c2685] However, creating organic, bottom-up, “selfless/cooperative” behavior is difficult (without some centralized coordination mechanism for

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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

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Additional Notes on Universal Tithing

This is an addendum to my longer article on Universal Tithing. If you haven’t read it, please read it first, here [https://www.rhyslindmark.com/test-we-should-tithe-more-and-where-im-personally-giving-20-of-my-income/] ! Future Articles To Write / Connections to

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Other Advantages of Universal Tithing

This is an addendum to my longer article on Universal Tithing. If you haven’t read it, please read it first, here [https://www.rhyslindmark.com/test-we-should-tithe-more-and-where-im-personally-giving-20-of-my-income/] ! Ok, so we mostly understand the

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Expanding Hans Rosling’s “Factfulness”: Why We Should Use 5 Levels Instead of 4

https://www.democracyendowment.eu/we-support/institute-of-post-information-society/the-map-is-not-the-territory-thomas-teorem/ 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

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CryptoPledge #1: Abundance Begets Abundance—Giving $3000 (16% of My Net Worth) to 6 Causes!

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