I like this. ---- Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com
> On Sep 22, 2017, at 11:51 PM, Nic Evans <nich...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 09/22/17 21:40, Owen Jacobson wrote: >>> On Sep 22, 2017, at 10:35 PM, Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> but would you consider supporting one that shrinks welcome packages? >>> <image.png> >>> http://www.hearthcards.net/cards/9b7efdf4.png >> Alt text: a Hearthstone card with the legend “Gerontocracy Warning”, >> containing an image of a “Caution: Elderly People” sign. Under the legend, >> the card text explains: “Counter target Protosal (sic) that buffs the >> Geronotocracy (sic) or debuffs the non-Gerontocracy.” >> >> I think that's a fair caution. I strongly suspect any form of money that can >> be accumulated has this problem, and pissing about over the exact numbers >> doesn’t make a meaningful difference to anything other than the degree of >> gerontocratic wealth. Since Agora is far, far too short-lived to exhibit >> meaningful estate law or any investments more reliable than straight-up >> gambling, we’re reduced to either having _some_ gerontocracy, with >> pressure-relief mechanisms like the Nuclear Lottery proposal presently under >> contemplation, or giving up on Shinies as unworkably gerontocratic. > > This is why I'm still leaning towards giving new players a Stamp (either > of their own making or from the Agora Stamps proposal I posted a bit > ago). My current thought is 1 Stamp + enough currency for 2 pends/CFJs. > The stamps give them scaling value without immediately changing FV, > while the money discourages them from spending the stamp immediately. > >> >> -o >> > >
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