> They are groping for processes to prioritize needs, for processes to
> manage their resources, etc. They have good instincts and all the
> daunting problems actual rapidly-growing economies face. ...They had a
> question (I'm paraphrasing): How do we build a financial accounting
> system that is both secure, transparent to everybody, and responsive
> to the priorities of the movement? I rushed to count restrictions and
> control variables. Is the matrix invertible?
It's great they're doing this, and clearly they're learning. But it should be emphasized that this is not the same thing as prefiguring an actual economy. Organizing the *provision* of food, tents, blankets, information, etc., to a few thousand people is a problem of a completely different order from manufacturing food, tents, blankets, cameras, computers, etc., -- and all their inputs, raw materials, and long-distance transport -- for several million people.
SA