Re. 1 - most people in NEO would choose the task that pays the most—just like in capitalism. The payment in NEO has purely signaling (non-monetary) form, but that does not matter. Also in capitalism only the magnitude of the payment ultimately matters (the signal), not the exchange value it represents (that gets ultimately converted to status—a form of the signal)
The more creative people would also do what they do in capitalism—choose the thing they like to do. Elon Musk types would build Teslas and flamethrowers, other would found My Lackey, or Kozmo.com. Some will succeed, some will fail. We love them all in NEO.
Re. 2. - as I wrote previously, motivation is plentiful in NEO—and of the right kind. The “most people” category I mention in point #1 above are motivated extrinsically, but there is a scale from Extrinsic to Intrinsic and “most people” would be much closer to “I” in NEO than if they worked in capitalism and consequently would be more performant (and happier).
You are actively trying to get buyers to pay as much of their money as possible for the stuff you make. When they pay, they do so to the System, which converts the payment to a numeric reward (I call it the Merit reward). The money is destroyed in the process and the seller of the product receives Merits. Individual’s Merit score is a reflection of their abilities, or their popularity. It can not be transferred, you can not buy anything for it and everybody can see how an individual’s Merits were earned.
You would know that you would earn more for building a car vs chair the same way as in capitalism—by selling them. Market determines the price—no change here from capitalism.
The NEO currency is fully convertible and is called Chron. Where do Chrons come from:
you do some work,
get some proof you did the work (link to a github commit page, photo, video recording,...),
create a report in rovas.app and attach the proofs,
rovas.app will send request to two algo-determined users to verify your report,
if your report gets approved, you get 10 Chrons for every hour of your work
Every work report belongs to a project you create. When you are buying somebody’s product, you go to that product’s project in rovas.app and reward it. You can do it with your Chrons, or with national currency.
Re. 1 - most people in NEO would choose the task that pays the most—just like in capitalism. The payment in NEO has purely signaling (non-monetary) form, but that does not matter. Also in capitalism only the magnitude of the payment ultimately matters (the signal), not the exchange value it represents (that gets ultimately converted to status—a form of the signal)
The more creative people would also do what they do in capitalism—choose the thing they like to do. Elon Musk types would build Teslas and flamethrowers, other would found My Lackey, or Kozmo.com. Some will succeed, some will fail. We love them all in NEO.
Re. 2. - as I wrote previously, motivation is plentiful in NEO—and of the right kind. The “most people” category I mention in point #1 above are motivated extrinsically, but there is a scale from Extrinsic to Intrinsic and “most people” would be much closer to “I” in NEO than if they worked in capitalism and consequently would be more performant (and happier).
In NEO, how would I know if I’d get paid more for building a chair or for fixing a car?
(Sorry if you answered this already, feel free to point me to the answer)
You are actively trying to get buyers to pay as much of their money as possible for the stuff you make. When they pay, they do so to the System, which converts the payment to a numeric reward (I call it the Merit reward). The money is destroyed in the process and the seller of the product receives Merits. Individual’s Merit score is a reflection of their abilities, or their popularity. It can not be transferred, you can not buy anything for it and everybody can see how an individual’s Merits were earned.
You would know that you would earn more for building a car vs chair the same way as in capitalism—by selling them. Market determines the price—no change here from capitalism.
Ok, and how do I buy stuff?
(Where does my money come from / how much do I have? Can I offer my money to anyone to buy anything, just like in capitalism?)
The NEO currency is fully convertible and is called Chron. Where do Chrons come from:
you do some work,
get some proof you did the work (link to a github commit page, photo, video recording,...),
create a report in rovas.app and attach the proofs,
rovas.app will send request to two algo-determined users to verify your report,
if your report gets approved, you get 10 Chrons for every hour of your work
Every work report belongs to a project you create. When you are buying somebody’s product, you go to that product’s project in rovas.app and reward it. You can do it with your Chrons, or with national currency.