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Ideally the model here is that anyone can: | Ideally the model here is that anyone can: | ||
* | * Show up, | ||
* | * Give gifts to others (participate), | ||
* | * Get acknowledged (receive gratitude), | ||
* | * Celebrate our gifts, | ||
* | * Acknowledge others gifts (send gratitude), | ||
* | * Receive value (Seeds — the financial token) at the end of each cycle for helping build new economies and regenerative civilizations! | ||
If we’re successful and we take this model to its fullest potential, we may be able to create an economic system where Gratitude serves as a foundation to how we meet many of our needs! | If we’re successful and we take this model to its fullest potential, we may be able to create an economic system where Gratitude serves as a foundation to how we meet many of our needs! | ||
Imagine being able to just share your gifts freely and receive value without having to: | Imagine being able to just share your gifts freely and receive value without having to: | ||
* | * Quantify the value of the gift; | ||
* | * Make a proposal; or | ||
* | * Request payment. | ||
Each of which carries a lot of overhead (having to take time to quantify the value of the gift, craft a proposal, promote the proposal, bill others, set-up businesses, etc, etc…) An economy rooted in Gratitude may be a more effective way to decentralise value flows and remove some of these excess processes (like having to quantify the value of a gift) that require so much human time. | Each of which carries a lot of overhead (having to take time to quantify the value of the gift, craft a proposal, promote the proposal, bill others, set-up businesses, etc, etc…) An economy rooted in Gratitude may be a more effective way to decentralise value flows and remove some of these excess processes (like having to quantify the value of a gift) that require so much human time. | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 20 September 2021
Gratitude in SEEDS is a tool and exploration into radically redesigning how value is distributed. It’s a way to build gratitude into the foundation of our new culture. Gratitude helps SEEDS participants sense, recognize and distribute value to others for contributions of all kinds to the well being of our new civilizations.
Purpose
Ideally the model here is that anyone can:
- Show up,
- Give gifts to others (participate),
- Get acknowledged (receive gratitude),
- Celebrate our gifts,
- Acknowledge others gifts (send gratitude),
- Receive value (Seeds — the financial token) at the end of each cycle for helping build new economies and regenerative civilizations!
If we’re successful and we take this model to its fullest potential, we may be able to create an economic system where Gratitude serves as a foundation to how we meet many of our needs! Imagine being able to just share your gifts freely and receive value without having to:
- Quantify the value of the gift;
- Make a proposal; or
- Request payment.
Each of which carries a lot of overhead (having to take time to quantify the value of the gift, craft a proposal, promote the proposal, bill others, set-up businesses, etc, etc…) An economy rooted in Gratitude may be a more effective way to decentralise value flows and remove some of these excess processes (like having to quantify the value of a gift) that require so much human time.
How to Participate in Gratitude
- During each cycle (beginning and ending with each new moon) a Gratitude Account is filled with Seeds. These can be by donations (from members or organizations), the SEEDS Harvest, and/or SEEDS proposals. This pot is used to send Seeds to the recipients of Gratitude.
- Inactive Gratitude tokens are distributed out. Residents receive 100 tokens and Citizens receive 200, to acknowledge (send Gratitude to) other people for anything they’d like.
- Holding/Hoarding Gratitude tokens providing no benefits. Tokens are only activated (and counted) once they’re sent to someone else. Just like a thank you is only meaningful once shared.
- Each acknowledgement sends 10% of your Gratitude tokens. If you acknowledge more than 10 people in a cycle then each acknowledgment is divided proportionately by the total Gratitude you have to give. So, the optimal strategy is to acknowledge a bare minimum of 10 people each month to have a full impact.
- At the end of the cycle, the flows of Gratitude are tracked and Seeds are sent. People get a share of the Gratitude Account pot based on the percentage of Active Gratitude tokens they received (people can’t give back, or re-gift, Gratitude tokens they receive).
- The cycle repeats!
How to use in Discord
Set up
- Download the SEEDS Wallet mobile app.
- Set up yours or someone else’s Gratitude account. Type: !seedsacct [discord user] [SEEDS account name] | Example: !seedsacct @drigo drigolove333.
Send Gratitude
- Type: !ack [discord user you want to acknowledge] [reason for the gratitude] | Example: !ack @Mariam for hosting a wonderful meeting
- You’ll get a message in Discord from 'gratzbot' that will ask for confirmation. Scan the QR code using your SEEDS Wallet (see scan icon in top right). This is easier than using the 'Click to authorize from mobile' option.
- Select 'Confirm and send' and you're done!