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"Is it just me, but isn't an Income Share Agreement ... taxes?" No. Its profit sharing akin to how companies do so by issuing dividend paying shares. So far as the government is concerned theyre just looking out for their most important stake holders, wealthy individuals and monied interests, by keeping taxes extremelly low. Universities being underfunded to the point they need to raise tuition to the point where stu…
I think we are violently agreeing? Profit sharing with your citizens is basically government. I think ...
The Ponzi Career
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#132I enjoyed the piece. Personally, I want no part of it, but I think it might work well for people who are not me. I've always been "on my own." My life really is a series of watersheds, where I've been the only person to believe in me, before the event, and a whole bunch of folks seemed to believe in me, after the fact. Not a particularly good setup for selling "Chris-Tokens™." Not a bad thing, in the long run. It hur…
Hello Chris, I wanted to say that I found your comment extremely good especially this > I'm actually fairly good at what I do, but If I mention that, it comes across as "arrogant," despite the enormous ocean of hubris that pretty much defines today's tech scene.
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#133I enjoyed the piece. Personally, I want no part of it, but I think it might work well for people who are not me. I've always been "on my own." My life really is a series of watersheds, where I've been the only person to believe in me, before the event, and a whole bunch of folks seemed to believe in me, after the fact. Not a particularly good setup for selling "Chris-Tokens™." Not a bad thing, in the long run. It hur…
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Not sure if you are talking to me, or the parent. I used the word "Honorable," as it seemed more effective than "Integral" (as in "having Integrity). As far as I know, that word isn't on any blacklist. If it ends up there, I'll find an alternative. In the meantime, I'd gently suggest that accusing decent folks of supporting the murder of female children might not be the most effective way to start good relationships.
Look at the indentation, I am clearly responding to the parent. Especially to : "Honesty and honor are worth more than money." I don't think "honorable" has the same meaning and I did not even see it when I read you post. I specifically edited my post to explain I was not accusing parent of supporting murder but maybe you were already writing yours and did not see that part. No it is just on my blacklist and the only…
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#135I wouldn't mind if private higher and trade education was required to only take in money through such setup.
And if people deem less practical education necessary it should be funded from taxes only.
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#136I enjoyed the piece. Personally, I want no part of it, but I think it might work well for people who are not me. I've always been "on my own." My life really is a series of watersheds, where I've been the only person to believe in me, before the event, and a whole bunch of folks seemed to believe in me, after the fact. Not a particularly good setup for selling "Chris-Tokens™." Not a bad thing, in the long run. It hur…
It seems like you may be indexing on a reaction that either doesn't exist, or attributing a response from individuals as if it were coming from "everybody". In the latter case, it sounds like you've adopted the right mentality, which is to let the ball be on their court if they don't want to believe in you. Unless it's actually doing you from doing something you want to do, it doesn't really matter.
I actually found a company that worked with me, for 27 years. I did not find them to be as gratifying a venue as I'd have wanted, but they did have a similar set of values, and we were able to find common ground. I found that having folks that appreciated my personal values was important. They paid well enough, and actually treated me with a lot of respect. I think they made some unfortunate choices, as the time went by, and I did my best to help them through the consequences of those choices, because doing stuff like that is how my value system works. I don't "cut and run." It was appreciated, but I don't think it was enough to make that much of a difference. Long story; tears, laughter, joy, despair, etc.
That stability was extremely valuable to me. It allowed me to set things up, so I am in the position I'm in, now. I can't even imagine what it would have been like, if I had spent my career in two-year stints, like everyone does now.
It also allowed me to work on some side projects that have been quite successful, in their own rights. None have been monetarily profitable; but they weren't meant to be. I like to help people help people.
It has been interesting (at first, infuriating, but now, amusing), watching people ignore my bona fides. I happen to have a pretty vast trove of open-source material (see "side projects," above). It's really not difficult to do. All you need to do is click on a link. It takes to to my SO Story, which has a chronologically-sorted history of my work since 1987.
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It’s protocol-ized finance. Sure you can do it all old school, but that takes a ton of effort and makes your situation a unique snowflake. If you do it the way everyone has agreed on with tokens, all of your tokens plug into the existing infrastructure, is standardized, and makes the cost of capital go down. Why people continually can’t understand this, and keep saying “buh buh buh mysql and lawyer fees! No need for…
Standardized contracts trade all day every day on exchanges all over the world. That’s how everyone doing legitimate business has agreed to do it. That’s where the existing infrastructure is. That’s where serious capital is. Tokens, on the other hand, are the favorite tool of scammers.
I don’t think cryptocurrency is near mature enough to replace traditional contracts, but technology changes a lot in 5-10 years.