self-tax Self-Tax Sunday: How a Self-Tax Constraint Breeds Creativity I have enough money, so I self-tax myself 20% post-tax ($900/month) to give to support civil society. By categorizing this 20% into a special self-tax bucket, this money now has a completely
self-tax #SelfTaxSunday: Carbon Offsets as a Service I recently realized that Fred Wilson's "Funding Friday" is an example of self-taxing. In this vein, I'd like to experiment with #SelfTaxSunday!Today, I'd like to talk about Carbon Offsetting. Remember that your
abundance Getting $1000 of Free Stuff is a Manifestation of Abundance I write a good amount about the paradigm shift towards the abundance of capital. This is an abstract concept that is sometimes difficult to conceptualize, so I'm always on the look out for
self-tax 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! However, creating organic, bottom-up, “selfless/cooperative” behavior is difficult (without some centralized coordination mechanism for cooperation, e.g. the government)
self-tax We Should Tithe More! (and where I’m personally giving 20% of my income) Hi! The goal of this article is to show:Why “universal tithing” is a key leverage point for a global paradigm shift.The charities I tithe to.tl;drI donate (tithe) 20% of
self-tax 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!Future Articles To Write / Connections to MakeLeveraging Axelrod’s 4-part method
self-tax 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!Ok, so we mostly understand the primary benefits of Universal Tithing
frameworks 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
abundance 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
