[pp.int.general] Should Pirate Parties include the coming Swarm Economy as policy?

[Yves Quemener]

As much as I agree with the points being made, as much as I would like the
present situation to change, I would like to point out that a lot of
economists are aware of that fact. They know that the economical value of a
thing is just an imperfect measure. Some think it is close to the real
thing, others think it is really inaccurate. The question is, what do you
replace it with ?

The main reason people use this measure is that it is available, it gives
an indicator that is better than pure randomness. What do you propose ?
Even people who think this indicator is not very good will use it if there
are no alternative.


On 03/18/2011 07:13 PM, Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet) wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> after long thinking, I have arrived at the conclusion that Pirate
> Parties may be in a unique situation to catalyze change from today's
> industrial-age way of measuring value.
> 
> In today's terms, GNU/Linux and Wikipedia count as nonvalue and
> nonproduction, but somebody slacking off on a paid job counts as
> production.
> 
> Contributions to industry-fundamental components on a global scale by
> world-class skilled craftsmen don't count towards production simply
> because the craftsmen weren't paid by somebody to do it. That is INSANE.
> 
> I am doing a bit of thinking in this blog post, and would welcome your
> take on the subject.
> 
> http://falkvinge.net/2011/03/18/should-pirate-parties-include-the-swarm-economy/
> 
> Cheers,
> Rick
> 
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