Earth 4.0: A Treatise
Two “isms” — Georgism and Tinyism — overlay ethical humanitarianism onto economic sovereignty to spur Earth 4.0 into existence. Together, they have the capacity to rewrite the rules by which most of the world operates today, and curtail the damage we’ve done, bringing about true global prosperity.
So why hasn’t it happened?
The Back Story
Recent articles by Jared Brock (America Will be Twelve Countries Very Soon) and Hank Pellissier (Geo-Tinyism) stuck with me, mostly because the views they present on better societal models are as practical as they are revolutionary. In a sense Earth 4.0, as I’m calling it, retools successful past practices, including the Commons, the City-State and Self-Determination to empower people while impeding the forces that ultimately undermined all of these things.
The Ingredients
Georgism, named for 19th century political economist Henry George, is “the belief that people should own the economic value of things they produce, while the economic value derived from the land—including natural resources— should belong equally to all members of society. Taxes would…
