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### RadicalxChange Singapore <img style = "border:0, box-shadow: none;" src="https://radicalxchange.org/images/logo.gif"> second meetup (18 apr 2019) radxchangesg.github.io ---  *"the here and now is a prison house. we must strive, in the face of the here and now’s totalising rendering of reality, to think and feel a then and there…"* ###### josé esteban muñoz, cruising utopia ----  <div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 120%; "> agenda </h2> <h3 style ="color: #e8f8f8;text-align:left;font-size: 100%; "> - <a href="#/2">icebreakers</a><br> - <a href="#/3">introducing RadicalxChange / Radical Markets</a><br> - <a href="#/4">pop-up economies (xDai + ether.cards)</a><br> - <a href="#/5">decentralised economies (discussion)</a> - <a href="#/6">quadratic voting</a> - <a href="#/7">chill out</a> </h3> </div> ---  <div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h1> hi! </h1> <br><br> <h2> what's your weather? ☁️❄️☀️☔ <br> </h2> </div> ---  <div style="background-color: #D8BFD8; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br/> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 120%; "> what is RadicalxChange? </h2> <br> <h3 style ="color: #ecfdfe;text-align:left;font-size: 78%; "> - a [foundation](https://radicalxchange.org/) led by economist Glen Weyl, with autonomous chapters around the world <br><br> - using free market mechanisms for efficient allocation of social goods (see [Radical Markets](http://radicalmarkets.com/), [Liberal Radicalism](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3243656)) <br> - since branched out to activism and government; arts and communications; entrepreneurship and tech; and ideas and research <br> </h3> </div> ----  <div style="background-color: #D8BFD8; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br/> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 120%; ">why RadicalxChange Singapore? </h2> <h3 style ="color: #ebfcfc;text-align:left;font-size: 78%; "> 1. a space to <font color="#aaaaaa">debate and critically evaluate</font> political and socioeconomic systems + <font color="#aaaaaa">experiment with new models</font> of governance and collaboration<br><br> 2. pluralism: exploring the ways in which <font color="#aaaaaa">art, entertainment, and community</font> interlink with <font color="#aaaaaa">science and technology</font> <br><br> 3. greater than the sum: an experiment with <font color="#aaaaaa">community</font> at the <font color="#aaaaaa">human scale of physical locality</font> <br><br> <font color="#ababab">NOT: a mouthpiece for Radical Markets</font> </h3> </div> ----  <div style="background-color: #D8BFD8; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 130%; "> main ideas from Radical Markets </h2> <br> <h3 style ="color: #e8f8f8;text-align:left;font-size: 92%; "> - <a href="">property (harberger taxes)</a> - <a href="">quadratic voting</a> - <a href="">quadratic grant-matching</a> - <a href="">immigration - antitrust</a> - <a href="">data as labour</a> <br> </h3> <p style="text-align:left; font-size:71%; color: #808080"> <b>NB: we present these ideas to be questioned, not accepted</b> </p> </div> ----  <div style="background-color: #D8BFD8; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 130%; ">recap / update from meetup #1 </h2> <br> <h3 style ="color: #808071;text-align:left;font-size: 82%; "> - agent-based modelling of COST - quadratic opinion polling on public policies - scarcity and licensing for digital art - more accessible/locaised infographics - smart contracts for liquidity and licensing in bone marrow donor registries <p style="text-align:left; font-size:71%; color: #808080"> <b>join our Telegram @rxcsg</b> </p> </div> ---  <div style="background-color: #f3d6a5; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 120%; "> pop-up economies </h2> hello Andras! (founder at akomba.com) <br> <br> <ul style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; color:#555555"> <li>what is a "pop-up economy"?</li> <li>how is this different from existing solutions? (back-end)</li> <li>what is xDai? (sidechain, stablecoin, PoANetwork)</li> <li>what are ether.cards and "burner wallets"?</li> <li>let's try it out: <b>pasar malam style</b></li> </ul> </div> ----  <div style="background-color: #f3d6a5; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 120%; "> pop-up economies: purchasing goods </h2> <ol style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; color:#555555"> <li>scan the private key QR codes to access your pre-loaded xDai account </li> <li>send money to a vendor by scanning their public address QR code</li> </ol> </div> ---  <div style="background-color: #f3d6a5; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 120%; "> decentralised economies (discussion) </h2> <ul style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; color:#555555"> <li>decentralising <b>trust</b> vs. decentralising <b>resources</b></li> <li><b>deplatforming</b>: reducing the benefits of economies of scale (requires FHE/ZKPs) </li> <ul style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; color:#555555"> <li>affinity with Radical Markets: </li> <ul style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; color:#555555"> <li>COST removes monopoly of private property, </li> <li>quadratic grant-matching makes smaller voices more heard</li> </ul> </ul> <li><b>automatic passive income</b>: consumers as service providers</li> </ul> </div> ---  <div style="background-color: #f3d6a5; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h2 style ="color: #808080;text-align:center;font-size: 120%; "> quadratic voting </h2> <ul style="text-align:left; font-size:85%; color:#555555"> <li>recent <a href = "https://www.wired.com/story/colorado-quadratic-voting-experiment/">Colorado Democrat caucus</a> used quadratic voting to determine which bills were the most important to fund</li> <li><b>idea: vote on project ideas from first meeting</b> <a href="https://forum.radicalxchange.org/t/rxc-labs-project-ideas/119">https://forum.radicalxchange.org/t/rxc-labs-project-ideas/119</a> </li> <li>we deployed a <b>quadratic voting poll</b> on the Ropsten testnet, at <a href = "https://oneclickdapp.com/vienna-parking/">https://oneclickdapp.com/vienna-parking/</a>, but it needs further front-end development</li> </ul> </div> ---  <div style="background-color: #FFC0CB; padding: 20px; font-family:"roboto thin", data-separator-notes="^Note:""> <br> <h1> hello again! </h1> <br><br> <h2> what's your weather now? ☁️❄️☀️☔ <br> </h2> </div>