#### Core Argument - people naturally excel at meaningful work that aligns with their interests when secure and supported - poverty is an inefficient and inhumane motivator for productive human contribution to society and should be used sparingly - 10 hours of societal obligation per week can produce more than the current system - individuals must have freedom to find societies with the right mix of freedoms traded for guarantees #### How It Works - Choose tasks that match your interests - See direct impact on neighbors - Develop mastery, teach others - Earn influence through proven capability - Small scale (1000 people) enables accountability #### Common Objections "Who does shit work?" - Match tasks to people who enjoy them - Share load through cross-training - when you can't make poor people do the shit tasks, when they fall on everyone and we can't pay our way out of personally accounting for that societal obligation, humanity WILL innovate and automate it's way to a better solution "What stops slacking?" - Small community of 1000 means everyone sees your contribution - You have to face your neighbors daily - Public metrics show who's carrying their weight "Is this communism?" - Members keep private income and property - Democratic resource decisions, expert implementation - Focus on matching abilities to tasks, not equal outcomes "What about competitive drive?" - Channel it into innovation and optimization - Public recognition for mastery and teaching - Focus competition on improving systems, not accumulating stuff "Sounds nice but people are lazy/selfish" (Core doubt) - but what if they're not? - why do you believe this? - Look how hard people work at things they care about when basic needs are met