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ChatGPT and the Metaverse: the NPC revolution
Given my recent interactions with ChatGPT, Playground and You.com chat, I am convinced that we have reached the stage where any developer...
Martin Schmalzried
Dec 28, 202214 min read
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AI and the collective unconscious
In my last article, I wrote about my impressions of ChatGPT. While I was impressed with the quality of its answers, I found it rather...
Martin Schmalzried
Dec 28, 202218 min read
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ChatGPT : AI will likely be conservative, and that’s a good thing
As many people out there, I’ve taken ChatGPT for a spin. I’m more into philosophy and existential questions, and obviously, as you may...
Martin Schmalzried
Dec 28, 202216 min read
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Why the climate must change
It seems there isn’t much more on the Internet besides climate change. Whether because of the “failure” of the COP27 or the repeated...
Martin Schmalzried
Dec 28, 202215 min read
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From workers to shareholders: managing fluctuating demand in uncertain economic times
Over the past years I have written many articles pointing out the obsolescence of a debt based monetary system as we reach the physical...
Martin Schmalzried
Nov 22, 20224 min read
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Crypto-collapse: beyond the “I told you so”
There it is again, another crypto-crash, and obviously, since crypto has grown tremendously since the last one, the scandals and...
Martin Schmalzried
Nov 15, 20226 min read
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The Poietic generator vs. Pixel wars : co-creating in the physical reality
In 1986, Olivier Auber came up with the idea of the Poietic generator. This idea took the form of a game, played on a 2 dimentional pixel...
Martin Schmalzried
Jul 6, 20229 min read
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Scaling local DAO memberships : the Web-of-Trust protocol
Global DAOs have been around for some time now, and solutions for membership have taken many different forms : holding a « governance »...
Martin Schmalzried
Jul 6, 20225 min read
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Metaverse: a bridge between the material and immaterial world
The metaverse has been a trendy concept in the last couple of years, with movies like « Ready Player One » and « Free Guy », Facebook’s...
Martin Schmalzried
Jul 6, 20229 min read
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The Digital Euro: a Trojan horse against decentralization ?
Blockchain technology and decentralisation is sweeping across the world. Some like to only focus on the crashing waves, failing to see...
Martin Schmalzried
Jul 6, 202217 min read
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Loving war
My last article explored how to put an end to all wars. While I do hint at a solution to minimize conflict in that article, I don't...
Martin Schmalzried
Jul 6, 20226 min read
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Dynamic salary - towards a fairer labour market
Much ink has been spilled over the concept of “fair salary” or how to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for their job. In an...
Martin Schmalzried
Jul 6, 20223 min read
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Reconcile Europe with Bitcoin and mining
On the 14th of March, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament agreed on a version of the Markets in Crypto...
Martin Schmalzried
Mar 15, 20225 min read
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Dynamic salary
Much ink has been spilled over the concept of “fair salary” or how to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for their job. In an...
Martin Schmalzried
Mar 12, 20223 min read
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Ending all wars
Russia invaded Ukraine just a few weeks ago, plunging the whole world into a renewed fear over an escalation of the conflict and another...
Martin Schmalzried
Mar 10, 202212 min read
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Stablecoins and crypto-assets: the real cause for concern
All over the world, public authorities are scrambling to address the growing adoption of crypto-assets and the use of stablecoins,...
Martin Schmalzried
Nov 27, 202111 min read
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Digital sovereignty, online democracy and collective will
Democracy, in our modern societies, has only been around for a little over two hundred years, yet most of us live as if it is a normal...
Martin Schmalzried
Nov 27, 202110 min read
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The impossible co-existence of a debt based monetary system and Mother Nature
With the increasing severity of the consequences of climate change on our doorstep, everyone is talking about sustainable development,...
Martin Schmalzried
Nov 27, 20214 min read
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Supply and demand in a debt based monetary system: why we have it backwards
In economics, supply and demand are two foundational concepts. Together, they form the “market”, which ideally, should be “free”, and...
Martin Schmalzried
Nov 27, 20219 min read
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The REAL Value of Money
In mainstream economics, typically, money is defined as having 3 major characteristics: a means of exchange, a unit of account, and a...
Martin Schmalzried
Nov 27, 20218 min read
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