Seattle on Open Source Currency

unMoney Convergence Day 3 of 3

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:56:00 +0100

A list of all the sessions is here. Here’s a brief recollection of the sessions I attended.

A Currency Definition Language by Arthur Brock was the first presentation I attended. Arthur identified the problem (borrowing from John Rogers analogy of taking flight) as our having this dashboard of knobs and dials but we don’t know what they are or there’s no agreement on what to call them. On the previous day, John Rogers noted how the complexity of our financial system corrupts our language. (Language corruption also seems like a consequence of private money creation. Who wants to play a game where someone else gets to change the rules? Truman: “if you can’t beat them, confuse them.”)

unMoney Convergence Day 2 of 3

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:12:00 +0100

Brownies for breakfast! Yes!…I walked up Pike Street from the hostel (on 1st) and took note of the Kinkos as I made the right turn on 8th street to the Town Hall on Seneca. Kaliya explained the open space format and we signed up to lead sessions. For the first session, I decided to attend Michael Linton’s presentation “Get the Money Moving.” In the video, Ernie Yacub walks in to assist Michael. I was fortunate to join Ernie and Lori Heath for lunch.

unMoney Convergence Day 1 of 3

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:53:00 +0100

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It was a surreal experience today as I’m seeing at least a dozen people for the first time that I’ve only known from the Internets. People came from as far as Germany, England and Australia. Since we didn’t start checking in until 3pm, it was mostly introductions and a dinner that was worth the wait. See you after a little bit of sleep.