nichdel's recent proto-proposal combined with either of the two land proposals sorta does this. I looked at it yesterday with an eye towards proposing it (since e has been busy/not around), but the latest draft e published still keeps (but changes) a bunch of the stamp stuff and I didn't want to wade through all that.
I think if we replace all this fluctuating currency value with much more frequent auctions (i.e. for the land) we could have something. On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, VJ Rada wrote: > yeah no not blaming you specifically and you're right but this is a nomic > for fun right? we have the economy for a fun game. and like... even if > there's not a whole bunch of things to buy from Agora we do have contracts > now, we have game mechanics. the solution isn't always fixing the rules > (not that they don't need to be fixed) it's like...we're expecting new > rules to change our behaviours whereas i feel like we'd have more spending > if we just...spent more. and like, obviously i haven't been spending more > than y'all or anything, i did have a contract idea but not sure if it would > be well received. > > idk maybe we should just abolish money: it's only really around for the > sake of it rn, nobody's being benefited by having more money, even someone > with like 15 shinies and one office can call as many cfjs as they want for > weeks, make infinite proposals. we could just go all out on this land > stuff. land gives you different benefits, you claim land by doing work for > it or satisfying different conditions, offices come with land not money. > whoever has the most land wins. then re-invent money after if we have to > because people want to buy and sell land. > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Alexis Hunt <aler...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1. > > > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 at 21:11 Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < > > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The main problem with the economy is not that I am acting rationally > > > based off of the parameters. It is that as it stands, I have no use or > > > reason to spend my money. > > > > > > On 11/16/2017 09:08 PM, VJ Rada wrote: > > > > this is actually the main problem with the economy btw > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < > > > > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >> I will take Arbitor, if no one wants it, but I will not do so > > happily. I > > > >> agree with the sentiment and I plan to disengage from the economy and > > > >> hoarde shinies until it is fixed. > > > >> > > > >> On 11/16/2017 09:03 PM, Alexis Hunt wrote: > > > >>> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 at 20:56 Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > > > wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > >>>>> None of these succeeded, as Agora only had 40 sh. by the time > > Alexis > > > >>>>> tried it. However, I think G. has a good point. With that in mind: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> * I pay Alexis 29 > > > >>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Alexis+29&entry=gmail&source=g>sh. > > > >>>>> * I pay ATmunn 2 > > > >>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=ay+ATmunn+2&entry=gmail&source=g>9 sh. > > > >>>>> * I pay G. < > > > https://maps.google.com/?q=*+I+pay+G.&entry=gmail&source=g > > > >>>> 29 sh. > > > >>>>> * I pay Publius Scribonius Scholastic > > > >>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Scholastic&entry=gmail&source=g>us 29 > > sh. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I pay o 29 sh. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I resign Herald. > > > >>>> I'll catch up Arbitor before I resign that one. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I flip my emotion to melancholy. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> This economy has been a hot mess for far too long. I don't do > > offices > > > >>>> for a reward in general, but it's extremely dispiriting to be on > > this > > > >>>> ride at this point and expect to get ahead. Donations don't > > > >> particularly > > > >>>> help that feeling, though thanks for the offer. > > > >>>> > > > >>> Hear, hear. > > > >>> > > > >>> I won't be resigning, though; we need a rulekeepor and it's fun, and > > > >> tailor > > > >>> is pretty trivial. > > > >> -- > > > >> ---- > > > >> Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ---- > > > Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > From V.J. Rada >
