Muni Town
Post-Growth
We want to build cultural, economic and legal incentives into our organizations that makes longevity the stable-state goal and an 'exit' unattractive or even impossible.
Muni projects always look for ways to funnel any excess profits right back into the open source ecosystem which we are building on top of.
That’s a core tenet of post-growth entrepreneurship.
https://www.ted.com/talks/melanie_rieback_post_growth_entrepreneurship
For a persuasive rendition of the world-as-it-is when seen through the lense of post-growth, this animated series on ‘The Great Simplification’ provides an introductory model.
TGS as a living community resource provides a re-educational framework grounded in post-growth:
https://www.thegreatsimplification.com
The through-line of post-growth movements and ideologies is their shared ideal of non-extractive practices.
The trick is make all *things* in a non-extractive manner.
Non-extractive organizations pursue systemic health by setting objectives that contribute to the communities in which they operate. They are conscious of the various ways they impact upon people and the planet and make this explicit in their weighing of interests.
Wealth
Intros (5-15 mins)
https://pca.st/episode/9cba8c12-d4fe-4fba-bdbc-3628c9b1b26d
https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics