...of a group that has jointly committed itself, can one reasonably expect a buying decision to be conducted exactly as the criteria are described.
...mportant to track actual buying decisions and update desired versus actual buying criteria.
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*[[auto share]] - can [[credential]]s to drive a car be part of the [[healthy buying infrastructure]]? [[auto liability insurance]], [[auto collision insurance
**what [[institutional buying criteria]] should apply to buying such cars for [[vehicle fleet]]s, e.g. for [[city vehicle fleet]]s?
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...g criteria]] that would prefer sourcing things closer to things further in buying choices. That is, a higher [[price premium]] is acceptable in local produc
'''Local buying''' is considered a main goal of [[moral purchasing]] projects, e.g. [[Slow
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...are stated in terms of [[standard label]]s, e.g. unions tend to insist on buying [[union made]] goods or at least [[no sweat]].
...t would make it possible to actually ''track'' and ''forbid'' unauthorized buying.
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...much more complex than that. The [[Consumerium:philosophy]] focuses on [[buying criteria]] which is not really the same as "finding the '''truth'''" about
[[Knowledge]] and its relation to [[Research Wiki]] and the [[Consumerium buying signal]], i.e. [[Publish Wiki]] is a much more cogent concern - see [[philo
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...ter in the store and from there on to the head office. An integration of a buying signal would be a piece of cake. You only have to convince one some market
...t the shelf in the store - if the buying signal is connected directly to a buying signal database somewhere on the internet<br>
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'''Buying criteria''' are reflected in [[preferences|user preferences]] and perhaps i
...a choice about whether to obey their own rules or not, and [[institutional buying criteria]], which presumably are written down as rules of some [[group enti
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'''Editorial bias''' of the [[Consumerium buying signal]] must match the [[individual bias]] of the person reading it, else,
...ficult. Comparing the [[individual buying criteria]] with [[institutional buying criteria]] of [[faction]]s, and guessing based on that what someone's value
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...] based perhaps on the [[Consumerium social club]] (call it '''Consumerium Buying Club''' for now) where everyone participating has a [[Consumerium checker]]
...lk into the store with only this one device, receive all the [[Consumerium buying signal]]s you want, obey some, ignore others, and ''either way'' when you w
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...lthy buying infrastructure]]) seems the best way to make the [[Consumerium Buying Network]] [[self-funding]] in the longer term. Payments for some users thu
...[troll]]s, those actively trying to subvert and displace the [[Consumerium Buying Network]], and Gus himself (expect resignations and extreme vandalism in th
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Most people would want their [[individual buying criteria]] to avoid buying things, like the [[rare earth]] [[tantallum]], that get them killed in the
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...ice to [[buy local]] (where informal criteria dominate) versus when one is buying across an ecoregional border and thus has to consider [[macroeconomics]] an
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...stop it from being taken into a store. It would receive the [[Consumerium buying signal]] without interfering with any spectrum used in or near the [[retail
...capabilities are to [[swipe the barcode]], map this into the [[Consumerium buying signal]] appropriate for that barcode, and display it. All within about on
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'''Human health''' is a pretty big influence on [[individual buying criteria]]. If people think something will degrade their health they don't
The [[Consumerium buying signal]] might include some health-relevant signals. This would be much ea
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...ping by a [[worn device]] on the wrist which gets the cached [[Consumerium buying signal]] and plays it back into the headset;
...frequency when a barcode is scanned in the store, and puts a [[Consumerium buying signal]] comment in the queue to read;
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...ine. If such terms are visible in, or influence at all, the [[Consumerium buying signal]], it is through a [[glossary]] defined by a [[faction]] through its
[[Individual buying criteria]] can of course ignore all factions, but this is not likely for mo
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*[[Consumerium]] (many [[individual buying criteria]], [[institutional buying criteria]], and [[faction]]s),
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...merium buying signal]] - this would help us refine what their [[individual buying criteria]] really are
*[[individual buying criteria]] specific to a product or a [[standard label]] - in other words,
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...pporting a [[car phone]], which is "mobile", doesn't deliver [[Consumerium buying signal]], and would be totally useless for our purposes.
Likewise a [[healthy buying infrastructure]] has plenty of requirements that may or may not include rel
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A [[Paper]] delivery of the [[Consumerium buying signal]] has been proposed. This would simply print data derived from the
...s real willingness to pay for [[comprehensive outcome]] matched one's real buying habits. It could also be used to decide what to buy in store.
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#REDIRECT [[Consumerium buying signal]]
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#REDIRECT [[healthy buying infrastructure]]
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#REDIRECT [[individual buying criteria]]
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#REDIRECT [[Consumerium buying signal]]
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#REDIRECT [[institutional buying criteria]]
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#REDIRECT [[Consumerium buying signal]]
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#REDIRECT [[Consumerium buying signal]]
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...rices and point of origin are known, then a high reliability [[Consumerium buying signal]] can be issued that says "buy this one, it is the best balance of [
...ple, prices aren't needed, they simply need a more elaborate [[Consumerium buying signal|signal]] that's sufficient to convince them that the better [[price
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...[[customer loyalty]] far into the future, as so many people's [[individual buying criteria]] exclude eating any GMO foods.
...eople understand how to use the system to find out more about what they're buying, or help suppliers get listed and accurately described in the [[Research Wi
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...ser connections between [[individual buying criteria]] and [[institutional buying criteria]] for those groups they work within
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...r [[price comparison service|price comparison]], to provide an alternative buying option. This would not be good for the retail location, but all that Consu
...ecisions, not just who one trusts "about books". The whole basis for book buying advice may well be [[factionally defined]] and have nothing in common from
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'''Land stewardship''' is a major buying factor that motivates [[buy local]] campaigns. People are most concerned a
...in your [[mobile device]] are mined from, is the first step to a [[healthy buying infrastructure]] where you do not participate in processes that morally rep
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...it takes to scan is one less second to do the lookup of the [[Consumerium buying signal]].
...an actually discover exactly what purchases were disabled by [[Consumerium buying signal]], and possibly (less likely) which ones were enabled by it.
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The '''terminal''' devices that will be able to deliver a [[Consumerium buying signal]] include [[worn device]]s like phones or radios, or more elaborate
...sider the purchase, look up [[quality ratings]] of which the [[Consumerium buying signal]] is just one.
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...give a number from -4 to +5. If that represents 1% cost difference, then buying the "most moral" product may be worth up to 5% more for those who want it a
...ot of buying of the moral product. [[Incentive]] programs that give you [[buying point]]s when you buy certain products might be the most potent though it i
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the [[buying]] occurs. It is where the [[short-range wireless]]
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...y be part of the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] to deliver the actual [[buying signal]] to the front end user of any [[Consumerium Services]].
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...places to provide [[Consumerium Services]] and regulate the [[Consumerium buying signal]]:
#Within the [[content wiki]] to guide the [[Consumerium buying signal]]. In effect, people are bidding more credible reports and shorting
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...idity''' is just nonsensical [[action]], such as responding to the wrong [[buying signal]], often the result of nonsensical thinking or [[intelligence]].
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...ts could actually deliver [[audio]] over [[Bluetooth]] for a [[Consumerium buying signal]] in a [[friendly retail]] location. However, the inherent limits o
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...y really be telecom switches that constitute bottlenecks for the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] - that is, there would really be no extra vulnerability fo
...olve special problems and identify bottlenecks that keep the [[Consumerium Buying Network]] from expanding, and, some of these might require some "boxes" to
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...changing their buying habits at once, making it more like [[institutional buying criteria]].
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*When [[institutional buyer]] is deciding what [[institutional buying criteria]] they should apply in order to meet mandates from the board or ma
...eria]] into convincing aggregate profiles, and encouraging [[institutional buying criteria]] to be stated in the exact terms of [[Consumerium Services]], may
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...es will be quite high for hackers to break in and change the [[Consumerium buying signal]].
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...[[barcode]]. ''This will usually be required to trigger the [[Consumerium buying signal]] at the [[retail shelf]] or [[checkout counter]]. Supporting it is
...ody-[[worn device]], communications networks and the rest of the [[healthy buying infrastructure]] will typically have to run on [[Symbian]] or another [[mob
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...ted and disputed so that accurate information be sent out by [[Consumerium buying signal]] to counter it. This is what [[Adbusters]] wants to do with its [[
...mmend a [[green light]] product, there is enough play in the [[Consumerium buying signal]], and enough need for [[self-funding]], that the [[Consumerium Gove
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'''Wholesale''' means buying [[product]]s in large quantities from their [[manufacturer]]s or [[import]]
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The [[Consumerium buying signal]] seems to have very tight timing requirements, and also must minimi
*how long can the user tolerate waiting to receive the [[Consumerium buying signal]]? if they must have it at the [[retail shelf]] immediately, this i
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...nd should have plenty of time in advance to re-examine the whole [[healthy buying infrastructure]].
:[[healthy buying infrastructure]] subset of that model - basically this must evolve by rende
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...hifted system the [[price premium]] could be much lower and still motivate buying the more ecologically desirable product, since taxes would fill in the gap
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