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'''RBE10K Project Introduction''' | '''RBE10K Project Introduction''' | ||
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== What is The RBE10K Project? == | == What is The RBE10K Project? == | ||
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The RBE10K Project is not an implementation project, and does not define who or where will the planned and designed community take place. The implementation of the resulting designs and plans must be carried out by independent implementation projects. Each of these implementation projects can implement their own unique variations and preferences according to the characteristics of their participants' financial capabilities, culture, idiosyncrasies, and collective preferences and choice of objectives and focus. | The RBE10K Project is not an implementation project, and does not define who or where will the planned and designed community take place. The implementation of the resulting designs and plans must be carried out by independent implementation projects. Each of these implementation projects can implement their own unique variations and preferences according to the characteristics of their participants' financial capabilities, culture, idiosyncrasies, and collective preferences and choice of objectives and focus. | ||
− | == Strategy == | + | === Strategy === |
The RBE10K Project's key strategy is the project's fundamental characteristic. It can be considered that The RBE10K Project '''''is''''' its proposed strategy. Supporting the project, then, is supporting the strategy, and therefore criticising the strategy or attempting to change it can only undermine the project's integrity and identity. Supporters of the project are advised to, first and foremost, establish their alignment with the proposed strategy, and participate only if the proposed strategy resonates with them. | The RBE10K Project's key strategy is the project's fundamental characteristic. It can be considered that The RBE10K Project '''''is''''' its proposed strategy. Supporting the project, then, is supporting the strategy, and therefore criticising the strategy or attempting to change it can only undermine the project's integrity and identity. Supporters of the project are advised to, first and foremost, establish their alignment with the proposed strategy, and participate only if the proposed strategy resonates with them. | ||
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The RBE10K Project's strategy does not involve a transition, and does not aim at a Global RBEM. Rather, it allows anyone willing to try or fully adopt the RBEM socio-economic system to do so through migrating into a new or established fully functional one. It also aims at being practical and pragmatic, thus proposing beginning with those who can afford the initial cost (those who are dissatisfied with the monetary market system itself or some of its practices, but have access to the initial required capital), and once established reducing the monetary cost of implementation of new communities through sharing of resources. | The RBE10K Project's strategy does not involve a transition, and does not aim at a Global RBEM. Rather, it allows anyone willing to try or fully adopt the RBEM socio-economic system to do so through migrating into a new or established fully functional one. It also aims at being practical and pragmatic, thus proposing beginning with those who can afford the initial cost (those who are dissatisfied with the monetary market system itself or some of its practices, but have access to the initial required capital), and once established reducing the monetary cost of implementation of new communities through sharing of resources. | ||
− | == Designs and Plans == | + | === Designs and Plans === |
''People will have a high propensity to become generalists, not specialists. Specialization is a limitation. [...] Who makes the decisions in a Resource-Based Economy? In effect, no one does. [...] Decisions are arrived at by the use of the scientific method utilizing computers [...] and our central database program coupled in with the central information database of all technical knowledge maintained by revolving interdisciplinary teams which assist in aspects of society that basically cannot yet be automated. The goal is to increase objective decision-making as much as possible''<ref name="WhereAreWeGoing"/>. | ''People will have a high propensity to become generalists, not specialists. Specialization is a limitation. [...] Who makes the decisions in a Resource-Based Economy? In effect, no one does. [...] Decisions are arrived at by the use of the scientific method utilizing computers [...] and our central database program coupled in with the central information database of all technical knowledge maintained by revolving interdisciplinary teams which assist in aspects of society that basically cannot yet be automated. The goal is to increase objective decision-making as much as possible''<ref name="WhereAreWeGoing"/>. | ||
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Different areas may choose the different tools for managing and processing contributions according to suitability, efficiency and convenience. However, the central repository for all the information, either detailed or summarised, is intended to be stored and organised in a Wiki. All types of participation require a number of skills, and any contributors will be required to gain these skills through training, tutorials, and practice. The wiki platform used is the same as the one used by the Wikipedia, and many of the procedures and practices are also borrowed by those implemented by the Wikipedia, such as stylistic standards, templates, maintenance procedures, etc. Teams are registered in the wiki, and multiple teams can cover a single problem, ideally collaborating and avoiding duplication of efforts. | Different areas may choose the different tools for managing and processing contributions according to suitability, efficiency and convenience. However, the central repository for all the information, either detailed or summarised, is intended to be stored and organised in a Wiki. All types of participation require a number of skills, and any contributors will be required to gain these skills through training, tutorials, and practice. The wiki platform used is the same as the one used by the Wikipedia, and many of the procedures and practices are also borrowed by those implemented by the Wikipedia, such as stylistic standards, templates, maintenance procedures, etc. Teams are registered in the wiki, and multiple teams can cover a single problem, ideally collaborating and avoiding duplication of efforts. | ||
− | == Standard format == | + | === Standard format === |
The RBE10K Project proposes a standard ad-hoc format for plans and designs, merely for the purpose of facilitating a starting point from where beginning to develop designs and plans for later implementation. The project promotes the creation of several plans and designs based on various formats, so that implementation projects have a range of options to select from and adjust according to the particular conditions and preferences of their members. | The RBE10K Project proposes a standard ad-hoc format for plans and designs, merely for the purpose of facilitating a starting point from where beginning to develop designs and plans for later implementation. The project promotes the creation of several plans and designs based on various formats, so that implementation projects have a range of options to select from and adjust according to the particular conditions and preferences of their members. | ||
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* experimental communities (i.e. first of a kind, or without sufficient experience) avoid including inhabitants that require special care, such as children | * experimental communities (i.e. first of a kind, or without sufficient experience) avoid including inhabitants that require special care, such as children | ||
− | == Budget: Money vs Resources == | + | === Budget: Money vs Resources === |
The RBE10K Project proposes using a specific amount of money of a specific currency for defining the budget required for the implementation of a given design or plan. Meanwhile the implementation will only rely on resources and not money, any resources that cannot be sourced from other RBE communities must be obtained, acquired, or purchased one way or another within the monetary market system. | The RBE10K Project proposes using a specific amount of money of a specific currency for defining the budget required for the implementation of a given design or plan. Meanwhile the implementation will only rely on resources and not money, any resources that cannot be sourced from other RBE communities must be obtained, acquired, or purchased one way or another within the monetary market system. | ||
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* economising through accessing or negotiating bulk prices | * economising through accessing or negotiating bulk prices | ||
* allow communities form under protected legal structures such as companies | * allow communities form under protected legal structures such as companies | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} |