What stabilises the value of this fiat currency of opprobrium?
I'm not sure what this means. Can you explain?
In general terms, your proposal is for everyone to act the way you think they should, and then society's problems will be solved. It is literally by fiat: you say "let it be", and imagine it working. But unless there are internal reasons why the whole thing would work, reasons for each individual following what they judge to be their own interest, then it isn't a mechanism, any more than a picture of a clock is a clock. A cultural norm is never sustained merely by the fact of being a cultural norm.
How do you create a cultural norm anyway? Look at the world --- worldwide, there's no global cultural norm, despite the strenuous efforts of religions and expansionist states throughout history.
I finally got into Ello (I was mad that I couldn't get an invitation for the longest time). I found this interesting video about automation and what we should do when most jobs no longer require humans. I have often wondered what we were going to do with the millions of unemployed people when machines create untold abundance. What will we need human workers to do? I have thought that there will be certain areas where we will want to interact with people. I think bots and other machines will be more assistants rather than fully taking over tasks in a few areas. I think it will be more balanced but that does not solve the problem of millions of unemployed undermining the economy and the wealth of nations. Do we save the jobs? Do we stop automation? Is this the natural course of history? Should we all be prepared to be destitute? Should we consider minimum income proposals more closely?
The video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU&feature=youtu.be
I found it on this interesting post. He projects a much more dystopian view of the Singularity and how it will affect humanity. I think his post is not mindful of Bostrom's work which I am plowing through but it might provide some discussion fodder.
The post is here:
https://ello.co/scottdakota/post/ofb9vzDer9NoiQvwdueyAg