The MetaCity Declaration
- People have the inherent right to organize for their longterm survival and for this purpose the People of the Earth do hearby declare:
- Local government is the preeminant representative of the people’s will;
- The natural world is preeminant to the created world and its preservation is required for the survival of people;
- Human Resources are not natural resources to be governed by the state;
We must pass a treaty to streamline human productivity and focus global efforts on elevating all people into optimum health and education.
The cost of such an effort is easily affordable. Application of established economic principles like standardization, division of labor, mass production etc provide ample facility for cooperative gain.
The MetaCity Concept is a strategy to optimize information technology within society through the creation of a streamlined economic development system utilizing the power of global communications, advanced electronics, international treaties and city-based special development districts. Within this general framework a global community of people dedicated to advancing the potential of all humanity will prosper.
METACity Program:
It is the seed of a meta-society, a software kernel of integrated knowledge and awareness.
The concept of the METACity Program is an open source trading and modeling software project that models both economics and society, allowing personal, local, regional, national and global goals to be driven simultaneously toward the achievement of environmentally sound growth.
Observing that global markets allow global specialization, Internet-based continuous analysis between nodes should assist making decisions that increase productivity. The software will also enable an individual to register as a trader of goods and/or services that meet defined global standards.
The objective of the software is to structure a fast and intelligent means for an enormous amount of current information to be included in each and every decision from both the governmental and private perspectives, so as to provide a platform for the creation of value by each individual that relates to the whole in an integrated way
Every business person is a global node, since the software allows them to take part in economic transactions brokered through their local municipal transaction engines. The issue here is to connect the power of the global Internet to real local growth and hence, real global economic growth, growth with ecologically aware long-term goals.
The goal of the META•City Project is a sophisticated computer program that enables cities and individuals to focus their efforts toward long-term accomplishment through the cumulative effect of short-term transactions.
The METACity Virtual Citizen Portal
The METACity Program will be able to offer a program for Consumers based on the GMTS called the Virtual Citizen Portal (VCP). While the METACity Program serves business, the VCP connect the consumer to the system. Any consumer that desires to participate in the METACity System will register for this service through a web site.
This is a form of electronic citizenship for everyone. Three complementary functions will be provided through the Portal.
Electronic Legal Address
One key to capturing the efficiency of electronic transactions is the ability to use electronic communications as legal notice communications.
Electronic Transaction Account Incentive and Consolidation Service
The TCA allows the consumer to direct monies from a variety of sources to pay transaction charges. When a merchant agrees to accept payment through this service they agree to be bound by the terms and provisions of the META Assurance Agreement, which is similar to a credit card merchant agreement.
An incentive program is available to the merchants that uses a special unit called a “tan” (transaction account numerator), nominally equivalent to one US penny. The tan is used to drive commerce into the most efficient methods by adding value that can be tracked within the META system. There is no value difference between tan and other monies except that the tan is usable only in electronic transactions with participating merchants.
The tan is expressed as a superscript small “t” and can be combined with metric units to express larger values such as gigatan gt, ($10,000,000), megatan mgt ( $10,000), or kilotan kt ($10)
Virtual Citizen Anonymous Profile
The Anonymous Profile is designed to enable the user to create an elaborate profile of his or her likes and dislikes regarding a wide variety of topics, from shopping preferences to political choices. Changing the preferences will be as simple as as updating any electronic record. The profile is entered into a database as an anonymous, but real persons preferences. Since it is part of the METACity system, there is assurance that the person has only one VCP. The Profile becomes part of a planning resource available to all participants in the METACity Program
Every business person is a global node
Every business person is a global node, since the software allows them to take part in economic transactions brokered through their local municipal transaction engines. The issue here is to connect the power of the global Internet to real local growth and hence, real global economic growth, growth with ecologically aware long-term goals.
GMTS: The METACity Transaction Engine
The primary tool used to create the MetaCity System is the Growth Modeling and Transaction System (GMTS). Based on the communications concepts of the Internet, each City is an administrative peer responsible for the enforcement of global rules and standards, as well as the operation and maintenance of a clearing-house for local METACity Program transactions.
It is expected that the City will outsource the GMTS services to be administered by financial institutions.
The GMTS is designed to reduce administrative delay in the growth of the Zones. Since there are just two layers, the government, represented by the city and the private, represented by the individual, administration is simplified. This is accomplished by having all of the other entities with an interest in the system operate through one of these two forms.