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    '''Healthy signal infrastructure''' is for all purposes not just [[healthy buying infrastructure|buying]].  The more we can do to promote [[hardware standard]]s that decrease the [[hardware requirements]] we must ourselves deploy to support [[Consumerium Services]], and [[modular hardware]] to cut [[e-waste]], the easier it will be to cooperate with other [[essential projects]].
    '''Healthy signal infrastructure''' is for all purposes not just [[healthy buying infrastructure|buying]].  The more we can do to promote [[hardware standard]]s that decrease the [[hardware requirements]] we must ourselves deploy to support [[Consumerium Services]], and [[modular hardware]] to cut [[e-waste]], the easier it will be to cooperate with other [[essential projects]].


    Non-buying purposes the '''HSI''' can be used for:  [[voting]], [[dating]], [[rendezvous]] like a [[flash mob]], [[orienteering game]]s, [[betting]] and [[investing]] (only healthy to a limited degree, and there is no way to tell betting from investing, period), and almost any kind of [[mobile work]] like [[sales]] or [[transport]] or [[sustainable forestry]].  Of course, any kind of forestry or fishing or investing or sales or transport that is not sustainable is not healthy, so, a truly healthy infrastructure just doesn't help anyone do these things, or, better yet, it charges more to use it if you are using more or damaging more [[styles of capital]] than sustainable users would require.   
    Non-buying purposes the '''HSI''' can be used for:  [[voting]], [[dating]], [[rendezvous]] like a [[flash mob]], [[orienteering game]]s, [[betting]] and [[investing]] (only healthy to a limited degree, and there is no way to tell betting from investing, period), and almost any kind of [[mobile work]] like [[sales]] or [[transport]] or [[sustainable forestry]].  Of course, any kind of forestry or fishing or investing or sales or transport that is not sustainable is not healthy, so, a truly healthy infrastructure just doesn't help anyone do these things, or, better yet, it charges more to use it if you are using more or damaging more [[styles of capital]] than [[sustainable use]]rs would require.   


    In the ideal case, the [[Consumerium Services]] and even the [[hardware requirements]] would be delivered for free to all users anywhere in the world, and this would be paid for by charging other users of the same infrastructure for their other uses - charging ''more'' for those doing more damage to Earth.
    In the ideal case, the [[Consumerium Services]] and even the [[hardware requirements]] would be delivered for free to all users anywhere in the world, and this would be paid for by charging other users of the same infrastructure for their other uses - charging ''more'' for those doing more damage to Earth.  This is one option for how to set up the [[Consumerium License]].


    Features of the HSI:
    Probable features of the HSI:


    *[[ISO 14000]] compliant
    *[[ISO 14000]] compliant
    *relies on existing [[pager]] and [[phone]] and [[radio]] wherever possible
    *self-funding
    *[[modular hardware]] based on relevant [[hardware standard]]
    **no relying on [[volunteer]] effort (big burnout risk, see [[worst cases]])
    *low or no [[e-waste]], no [[toxic waste]] at all
    **no relying on [[donation]]s (big corruption risk, see [[worst cases]])
    *[[product take-back]] by manufacturers
    *incremental
    *[[full cost accounting]] for whole [[product lifecycle]] using [[ISO 19011]]
    **relies on existing [[pager]] and [[phone]] and [[radio]] wherever possible
    *upgraded fairly uniformly in "turns" on regular basis (like every four years)
    **[[modular hardware]] based on relevant [[hardware standard]]
    *etc.
    *sustainable
    **low or no [[e-waste]], no [[toxic waste]] at all
    **[[product take-back]] by manufacturers
    *accountable
    **[[full cost accounting]] for whole [[product lifecycle]] using [[ISO 19011]]
    **leads to [[Transparent Consumerium]]
    *maintainable
    **upgraded fairly uniformly in "turns" on regular basis (like every four years) etc.
    **leads to [[Distributed Consumerium]] that can be run by [[developing nation]]s

    Revision as of 00:17, 22 November 2003

    Healthy signal infrastructure is for all purposes not just buying. The more we can do to promote hardware standards that decrease the hardware requirements we must ourselves deploy to support Consumerium Services, and modular hardware to cut e-waste, the easier it will be to cooperate with other essential projects.

    Non-buying purposes the HSI can be used for: voting, dating, rendezvous like a flash mob, orienteering games, betting and investing (only healthy to a limited degree, and there is no way to tell betting from investing, period), and almost any kind of mobile work like sales or transport or sustainable forestry. Of course, any kind of forestry or fishing or investing or sales or transport that is not sustainable is not healthy, so, a truly healthy infrastructure just doesn't help anyone do these things, or, better yet, it charges more to use it if you are using more or damaging more styles of capital than sustainable users would require.

    In the ideal case, the Consumerium Services and even the hardware requirements would be delivered for free to all users anywhere in the world, and this would be paid for by charging other users of the same infrastructure for their other uses - charging more for those doing more damage to Earth. This is one option for how to set up the Consumerium License.

    Probable features of the HSI:

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