1st edition - No Kidding

This manifesto proposes to establish a new social order, really. Can I be serious?

Let it be said for the benefit of those of you who don't know me personally, that I commonly say things I don't really mean. Irony is an essential part of my communication, and irony translates badly into letters. I don't really mean many things I say, but I rarely say something that I judge to not hold some truth at its core, or which I do not see as a warranted allusion, at least.

I lamented a lot about our society in years gone by and I was not kidding. I was perpetually mouthing the r-word - ``revolution''. That was from the domain of half kidding. When I criticize society, I have to believe that things could be better. I held that believe, but I could not articulate how to improve the situation. And if I believe in a better mankind, I have to believe that revolution can make sense.

This here manifesto is a rather palpable proposal of how to improve society. I do not fancy having found a solution to all our problems, maybe not even a single one. I do not consider myself a visionary that believes his visions without reserve. I am not exactly deadly serious about this document. But I hope that my propositions contain elements that prove useful and be it only in provoking thought.

My approach is practical. I view the organization of society as a problem for which solutions can be searched. My proposed solutions consist of a couple of mechanisms that - taken together - are supposed to lead to an efficient self organization of society. I think about it a bit like the programmer I am in real live. But I only know one opinion about this - my own. That is no foundation to judge this proposal.

If my readers discuss this I might start understanding what I proposed. And I do hope there really are some useful elements in here. Yet, even if every single point on the following pages turns out to suck big time, I hope this manifesto can still serve the purpose to question much of what we take for granted about our social organization. And thus facilitate discussion.