How Would You Like To Pay For That?
In our current world our economic system siphons money out of local communities and into a financial system that's primary purpose is to generate more money. It doesn't create any
An Economy of Participation
An Economy of Participation
Your contribution is the new currency.
How Would You Like To Pay For That?
In our current world our economic system siphons money out of local communities and into a financial system that's primary purpose is to generate more money. It doesn't create any
An Economy of Participation means we stop measuring life by what can be extracted and start counting what we give. In this world, your time, care, skills, and ideas are recognized as real value—because they are what keep our shared home alive. When needs are met through shared effort, surplus flows back to the commons, and dignity replaces scarcity as the baseline. Your contribution is the new currency: visible, trusted, and generative. How might we imagine an economy based on contribution?
Getting Started
The Basics
If you're ready to start practicing Contributionism today, here are some posts that will help guide your path.
Deep Dive
If you want to understand more of the underpinnings of Contributionism and the foundation of why it is important. Here are some posts where you can take a deeper dive.
Convergence
Convergence: Chaos, Imagination and Creativity is a white paper which charts the path that has brought this work to life.
Philosophy
Living Systems Design is a philosophy modeled after nature. How do we design human cultural systems that are modeled after nature?
It describes a set of core values, what we measure and principles, the guardrails for human culture.
The Path To A New World
