Technology is cheap and powerful, that is why we start with technology.
With the internet and our pocket computers all the world is at our fingertips. We can currently access any piece of human knowledge and connect with people anywhere on the planet. This abundance of info has also given us further challenges; a lack of trust in the information provided. It is there but is it true, accurate and useful? People are there but are we connecting or trolling? Are we only seeing our little slice of the world, curated for us specifically with our own personal data? Meanwhile our information and the power of technology is being concentrated into a handful of companies with ridiculous levels of power. We do not get a say in the running of these powerful companies that directly impact our lives.
We are in the best and worst of times, as each new time period has been. But for the first time in our history technology gives us the power to create the best of times, for everyone, without imposing the worst of times on our society. We can create abundance and peace for all simply by owning our own technology company.
Because technology is both cheap and powerful the current industry is highly inefficient. The most expensive part of technology is that 9/10 of them fail. Anyone can (and should) come up with an idea that can impact our lives. Anyone can create an app for “that” but few apps remain with 9/10 of them failing and success equating to being bought out by the existing Tech Giants.
To be successful each and every new project has to
1) have a worthy idea implemented at the right time (product)
2) have that idea get to the right people (marketing)
3) have a critical threshold of happy users (customer base)
4) have a sustainable funding model (finance)
This means for a project to succeed all the pieces must align at once. As more and more technology companies and projects come and go the users have less and less trust that any new project is going to be life-changing, hold up to the hype, or be around long enough to be useful. The same amazing idea can be implemented again and again and again without ever sticking around. The startup employees/owners often put their own hours and money on the line for the gamble their project will be the Unicorn disruptor and make them millions. This is a gamble as 9 out of 10 fail.
Each new app must compete for our coveted phone real estate because each works independently of the rest. This makes it even harder to get to and maintain a critical threshold of users to keep the application running (and improving).
A lot of the inefficiency of technology comes from the tension between the creator and the user. The creator does not have the direct input of the user and must guess at what features and benefits will appeal to the most people. They set the price point to make the most profit or rather to guess at what would make the most profit. They use branding and marketing to convey trust that no amount of money in this day in age can actually deliver.
We need the applications but the current system that creates and offers the applications is inefficient and does not give us the most robust tools we need. We need to be able to trust the tools and have them work together for our own personal benefit.
Creating technology together using full transparency gives us (the user) inherent trust in the project cause we can see exactly how it was created by us or our fellow humans. We create the same tools but we create them better and with less risk in HOW we make them.
1) The user is involved telling us what features to include (better product)
2) Our members tell their friends and family directly utilizing their personal trust for the product (built in marketing)
3) A critical threshold of motivated users is recruited first so that there is way less risk
4) Every member funds the same small amount so we have a reliable source of funding with no single individual or member taking on more risk than they can afford. (funding)
With the end-user involved from the beginning we do not need to guess at what features will be beneficial to the most people. We use democracy to create the tool that is most impactful in the lives of our membership.
We do not waste our time and money creating a tool that nobody will use. We first meet the critical threshold of users who are willing to fund and participate in the project. We create ongoing monitoring systems which allow all users to offer their experience with the tool. Users care more deeply about the tool and the company because they are direct owners and contributors. They want the tool to succeed at its best so they can use it at its best. Everyone is empowered to say what would make the tool more useful to them, as an individual. In making it better for one we make it better for all.
Although our first project will have a lot of the pitfalls of any project in the tech industry ( marketing to find the right user, enough finance to create and maintain, fighting for phone real estate etc) each subsequent project needs to put in less and less effort for better results.
Our first project we'll be looking for 10,000 members to each put in $25. We use the resulting $250,000 to create the app we ( the 10,000 members) want. For our next project we do the same but we do not need to find a new 10,000 members we already have them we only need to find the number to make up for attrition. Our membership is our sustainable, cheap and trustworthy marketing and finance department. We lessen the overall risk and spread it out.
Together we make a better product that is more trustworthy and able to be improved with direct membership engagement
The tools we create together are even cheaper and even more powerful than what we are in competition with. We create the tools needed to do the work that needs to be done.
We...
- Organize information so it is trustworthy and useable
- Organize resources so individuals have access to more for less
- Connect people in a meaningful way that adds to life and society
- Create all the tools needed to understand and solve our complex challenges
The technology is powerful because it helps us collectively use our inherent individual power as consumers, voters, and workers. We create the tools together to harness this power collectively and effectively. When the base is working together for our own benefit nothing and no one can stand in our way in creating a world where everyone has abundance and lives in peace.