art & design exploring the generative process of pressure mediation as the expression of value by Mother Nature through multiple mediums of exchange.
Byron Bay, NSW Australia
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Would love to be made aware of any positive consequences of this proposal. @grok ?
What if non-human legal entities (businesses) were prevented from owning residential real estate?
And residential property ownership was limited to one residential property per person?
Would this strengthen the individual at the expense of corporate power?
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Would love to be made aware of any negative consequences of this proposal. @grok ?
What if non-human legal entities (businesses) were prevented from owning residential real estate?
And residential property ownership was limited to one residential property per person?
Would this strengthen the individual at the expense of corporate power?
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The Australian Government’s Digital ID app MyGovID has rebranded to myID. Based on the updated terms of service, here are some potential concerns from a civil liberties perspective:
1. Broad Data Usage Rights
- The terms state that the ATO can use collected data "to analyse, prevent, detect, manage and investigate fraudulent activity or for another purpose allowable under the Digital ID Act 2024"
- The open-ended nature of "another purpose" could allow for surveillance or monitoring beyond the stated identity verification purpose
2. Information Sharing
- The ATO can disclose personal and sensitive information to third parties if "authorized or required by law"
- There's no clear limitation on what government agencies can access this information or under what circumstances
3. System Access Control
- "The ATO may suspend or terminate access to the myID service through some or all products or to some or all users at any time"
- This gives them unilateral power to cut off access to what may become an essential service for accessing government benefits or services
4. Monitoring Capabilities
- The requirement to report "any screen capture, sharing or like activities" suggests extensive monitoring of how users interact with the system
- The terms require reporting devices/records users "don't recognize" in their setup history, indicating detailed tracking of access patterns
5. Limited Liability
- The ATO explicitly limits liability for any "loss or damage" arising from use of the system
- This could leave citizens without recourse if their identity data is compromised or misused
6. Mandatory Retention
- Even after uninstalling, the ATO retains user data under the Archives Act 1983
- There's no clear path for citizens to fully remove their information from the system
These terms appear to give the government broad powers to collect, monitor, share and retain identity information with limited oversight or restrictions on its use.
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Who’s building this?
a collective digital artwork where each pixel represents one verified citizen, creating a visual representation of human input across multiple nations, while maintaining complete anonymity of the participants.
1. Citizens from participating nations verify their citizenship
2. Each verified person receives an anonymous blockchain account
3. One pixel in the artwork is allocated to each anonymous participant
4. Individual pixel properties (colour and position) are determined by the participants input
5. All identifying data is deleted after verification process.
The Austrian School of Economics, founded in the late 19th century, represents a distinct approach to economic thinking that emphasizes individualism, free markets, and skepticism of government intervention.
Key figures:
Carl Menger (1840-1921) founded the school and developed the subjective theory of value, arguing that the value of goods comes from individuals' subjective preferences rather than inherent properties or labor costs. This was a major break from classical economics.
Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) made crucial contributions to monetary theory and business cycle theory. He argued that government manipulation of money and credit creates boom-bust cycles, and that economic calculation is impossible under socialism because it lacks market prices.
riedrich Hayek (1899-1992) won the Nobel Prize for his work on how prices communicate information in markets. He warned that central planning can't match the efficiency of free markets because knowledge is dispersed among many individuals.
Core Ideas:
1. Methodological Individualism: They believe economic phenomena must be explained through individual human actions and choices rather than aggregate statistics.
2. Subjective Value Theory: Value isn't inherent in objects but comes from individuals' subjective preferences and goals.
3. Capital Theory: They see production as a complex, time-consuming process where capital goods are arranged in specific structures. Government intervention can distort these structures.
4. Business Cycle Theory: They argue that artificial credit expansion by central banks causes unsustainable booms followed by necessary busts.
5. Skepticism of Mathematical Economics: They prefer logical deduction and qualitative analysis over mathematical modeling, believing human action is too complex for precise mathematical prediction.
6. Free Market Advocacy: They generally oppose government intervention in markets, arguing it creates unintended consequences and reduces economic efficiency.
Modern Influence: While somewhat outside mainstream economics, Austrian ideas have influenced libertarian political thought and critiques of central banking. Their emphasis on entrepreneurship, market processes, and the limits of central planning has contributed to broader economic understanding.
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Full video and transcript
ehsto.com/blogs/undertone-jo…
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Latest painting. Acrylic on wood.
“There’s no such thing as darkness. There is only light and the absence of light”—Ken Wheeler
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I spent a week either side of NY trying to learn how to use p5.is with Chat-GPT to build:
PRES-MEDI MACHINE #01
It’s interactive, still a work in progress but here are a few images generated this morning.
Try it here: ehsto.com/pages/p5-js?_pos=1…
a section of an animated compilation of daily drawings from April 2021. Made by filling the gap between each line drawn to create each frame.
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