X : You don't like crypto currency?
Me : Not in its current forms such as bitcoin. If we solve the energy issue however there are all sorts of potential opportunities once we introduce concepts like radical transparency with ownership of addresses being public ...
X : Ownership of addresses being public?
Me : As the default, no pretending to be open whilst creating race conditions to hide ownership.
X : Privacy?
Me : You can pay for that i.e. given crypto is just a form of digital contract then all sorts of rules become possible ...
i.e. a variable transaction tax which is punitively high if any of the transactions in the past contain non public addresses or a wealth distribution tax for any transaction which can be variable with the total amount owned. All sorts of interesting possibilities can occur.
But that really needs some form of sovereign backed digital currency, ideally with a society that has a strong ethics of care (over ethics of choice), a real focus on the "We" over "Me" and a willingness to tackle issues like poverty and inequality.
X : UK?
Me : Try China.
X : You hold China up as a role model?
Me : No, but the West needs to learn from China particularly its mixed economic model, use of situational awareness and targetting of supply chains, long term economic play etc.
X : Are we?
Me : Learning? How often have you known GCHQ's chief come out and basically say (my interpretation of his words, he says it much more politely) -"get your effing act together" - bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…
China is charging ahead economically, technically, it's dealing with poverty and Xi has signalled they will tackle inequality ... the West could end up behind in terms of technology with a more proverty stricken and unequal society. That's not going to work out well ...
... this is only compounded by China's refined ability to play games in supply chains and high levels of situational awareness in the competitive landscape. In the West, we talk digital sovereignty but it's mostly blah, blah, data, blah, blah, AI, blah and story driven drivel.
There are many things I would criticise Dominic Cummings over but he was not wrong with the whole Odyssean Education post and our severe issues with leadership.
X : We have to be like China?
Me : No. We need to have that "Me" vs "We" discussion and decide what our common values are. Then we can apply patterns from China (mixed economic, situational awareness, long term play etc) to our society whilst maintaining our distinct values.
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X : Your phases of doctrine, are they like a maturity model?
Me : No. The doctrine is just a collection of principles (those universally useful patterns). The principles are ways of thinking i.e. "do we think about this". It's about questionining what we do.
X : Why phases then?
Me : You can map the principles and some are built on others. Hence I've organised them into phases.
X : Is there a phase V?
Me : I suspect so.
X : Any hints?
Me : Phase V? Not really but I can point you in a direction of where it might be heading.
X : Which is?
Me : Leaderless organisations.
First of all, congratulations to @Jill4Hartlepool on becoming MP for Hartlepool. That is a historic win - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… ... it's also a moment that Labour needs to reflect on. The anti-brexit / remain nonsense will continue to kill us at every election ...
@Jill4Hartlepool ... it is "not possible to blame Jeremy Corbyn for this result. Labour won the seat twice under his leadership" ... and the ... "strategy of isolating the left and replacing meaningful policy with empty buzzwords has comprehensively failed" ... says it all.
I do hope that Starmer does the honourable thing. It's about time we had a pro-brexit leader with strong roots in local issues that people could rally around ... someone like @SarahChampionMP
In business, almost everything that I come across which is called a map turns out to be a graph.
X : How do you explain the difference?
Me : In a map, space has meaning. You can't move a component without changing the context it is describing. It is because space has meaning in a map that they are useful for looking at landscapes whether geographical, business or political.
X : How do you work out that something is not a map?
Me : Take a node on the diagram and move it, keep any connections the same. If you can move components without changing meaning then it's unlikely to be a map.
Ok, there are about 150 early bird tickets left for Map Camp (online, October 13th) - mapcamp.co.uk
The entire conference will be online, we will be raising funds for charities this year. There are three main tracks - resilience, sustainability and society with many amazing speakers ...
However, I'm on the hunt for two speakers. I need recommendations for speakers on the subjects of ...
1) "One size fits all - Capitalism vs Communism"
Or
2) "Solving social issues with maps"
Anyway, shout out if you know someone who the community should hear from.
X : Are pioneers scouts and town planners soldiers?
Me : Eh? Oh, the Galef book?
X : Yes
Me : No
X : No, what?
Me : We're all a bit scout and a bit soldier i.e pioneers, settlers and town planners have a bit of both. It's the soldier aspect that helps build inertia to change ...
... that can be both positive and negative i.e. inertia when something has changed (i.e. shifted from product to utility) is bad but inertia before it is ready to change can be good.
X : So, it's not simple?
Me : Not in the way you describe. As for the book, I haven't read it.
X : Can you explain more?
Me : Sure. Pioneers scout the world of the adjacent possible, of course when they find something that is useful they tend to build up inertia to change, become settled in their beliefs ... this is where you need settlers to take over. But ...
X : Where do you work?
Me : I research which mostly means that I do my own thing for a group known as the LEF within a company called DxC.
X : DxC?
Me : Yes, have done for a decade. Only intended to stay for a year but ... well, sometimes things just seem to work fine. Why?
X : I thought you ran your own company?
Me : I've done that. I've done all the usual things ... what I prefer is to wander in fields that interest me.
X : So, you do strategy?
Me : No. I wander in fields of research that interest me and tell others what should interest them.
X : Don't you miss the fight, the cut and thrust of business?
Me : No. I thought I might but ... well ..., it was never a real fight anyway. It turns out that I just actually like to be happy.
X : What does that mean?
Me : Really?
X : Yes.