Love it. You are expressing what I have been thinking for some time now. Our money is distorted, and thus our environment is distorted. The industry is highly motivated by margins, and I totally get that, especially in this era of currency debasement. But it drives the high time preference I frequently see in design decisions.
It never ceases to disappointment me when I see traditional buildings, some over a century old, torn down to be replaced by structures that will barely last 40 years. Look at the combustible polystyrene facades that have replaced solid, long-lasting masonry. It is a tragedy, and I do firmly believe that Bitcoin can realign our motivations to create beautiful, healthy spaces.
At a minimum, we can start with consultants, designers etc. who are financially secure enough to drive this change. For me, that means Bitcoin on the balance sheet!
Keep doing what you do. Hopefully we can bring yet more professionals round to the future...
After long meaning to, I've finally settled in to catch up with your blog. Wish I hadn't taken so long, this is very exciting stuff. And what a fit this niche is! Ron Paul put me into the orbit of Austrians a decade or so ago, and I've been conscious of Strong Towns' arguments, Henry George's perspective on our distorting property taxes, as well as crypto for awhile...more recently I've become enthralled with traditional urbanism and its affinity to a sort of Hayekian awe in the face of complex, emergent systems, and my intuition tells me that blockchain will play a significant role in rectifying so much of what's broken and ugly in our built environment, whether that's simply through sound money's effects or tokens affording new modes of funding, governance, pricing, etc. Excited to see where this goes and to learn from you. Thanks for writing it.
Love it. You are expressing what I have been thinking for some time now. Our money is distorted, and thus our environment is distorted. The industry is highly motivated by margins, and I totally get that, especially in this era of currency debasement. But it drives the high time preference I frequently see in design decisions.
It never ceases to disappointment me when I see traditional buildings, some over a century old, torn down to be replaced by structures that will barely last 40 years. Look at the combustible polystyrene facades that have replaced solid, long-lasting masonry. It is a tragedy, and I do firmly believe that Bitcoin can realign our motivations to create beautiful, healthy spaces.
At a minimum, we can start with consultants, designers etc. who are financially secure enough to drive this change. For me, that means Bitcoin on the balance sheet!
Keep doing what you do. Hopefully we can bring yet more professionals round to the future...
Steven
After long meaning to, I've finally settled in to catch up with your blog. Wish I hadn't taken so long, this is very exciting stuff. And what a fit this niche is! Ron Paul put me into the orbit of Austrians a decade or so ago, and I've been conscious of Strong Towns' arguments, Henry George's perspective on our distorting property taxes, as well as crypto for awhile...more recently I've become enthralled with traditional urbanism and its affinity to a sort of Hayekian awe in the face of complex, emergent systems, and my intuition tells me that blockchain will play a significant role in rectifying so much of what's broken and ugly in our built environment, whether that's simply through sound money's effects or tokens affording new modes of funding, governance, pricing, etc. Excited to see where this goes and to learn from you. Thanks for writing it.