So, the metaphysical universe has one problem that stands out above all others: there is no global currency that has both intrinsic and agreed value. Not yet, at least. While there are natural resources, in a sense, these resources are enigmas as to what they are and what they can be used for. Some are brightly colored artifacts that change color based on what they are thinking. Others are little bits of rainbow hues that appear in substrate and host material, just like ore in real life. The practices for extracting these materials out of the ore, or even utilizing them in their native state, have long been lost to the ages. Though, I have conclusive evidence that the knowledge of how they worked were once widespread, affecting much of the multiverse. There is evidence that a large, complex civilization--several of them, in fact--rose and fell before we were born. There is also evidence of functioning telepathic civilizations who are only tangentially connected to the human celestial realm. This does not mean that they are aliens--the only thing that I can be certain of is that they are sentient, they build things in the metaphysical universe that are observable, and they are difficult to comprehend.
I did, somehow, receive a large pile of what I believe is a foreign currency, by selling an automated problem-solving program to what I believe are aliens (?), who were so grateful for the algorithm that they ended up making me one of the richest beings this side of the milky way. I think. I'm still working on understanding exactly what happened.
So, anyways, this human metaphysical space needs some real, hard currency to go around allowing commerce and economy to spring up wherever it can. The three things that create value in a hard currency are the scarcity of the material, its usefulness, and the work it takes to extract and refine it. These three things, through the law of supply and demand, create value that is intrinsic to the material, and if its properties are suitable, they allow for the creation of a "hard currency."
Let me explain why it is necessary to have currency in the metaphysical universe that can be spent on tangible goods--tangible in the sense that digital goods are today, which is a different tangibility than that of a gold ring or a sandwich. These objects, created out of pure metaphysical energy, take time and effort to create, and while they may not be orthodox in their construction (I mean, any object made out of pure thought that is limited by scarcity mechanisms is kind of inconceivable in the first place, at least with our modern mindset that ensconces the rule "thought is free and limitless." In a sense, it is, but in another sense, [a less minded sense], it isn't.)
I am in desperate need of programmers, 3D modelers, system designers, bug testers, and miners in the bitcoin sense. I also need city planners, accountants, chefs, police officers, and factory workers, not to mention doctors, mayors, all the components of a democratic government, and moderators. Each one of these roles needs to be filled by a human being as rational as would be required by the job in the real world. And, they would need to be compensated for their work. That is where my hard currency comes in.
What is "hard imaginary currency?" Like gold in the real world, hard imaginary currency has to have a purpose that makes it valuable, as well as some form of physical limitation to its proliferation. The alien hard currency I received for selling a simple problem-solving algorithm is both of these things. The currency is made out of manifested potential to do imaginary work. (Yes, there is such a thing as imaginary work. It's what mathematicians, authors, painters, architects, and philosophers do in absence of physical records. What I'm proposing as "imaginary work" is a more literal translation of that ethos, a sort of "mind mining" that is equivalent to doing work in a video game. Or programming one.)
There also needs to be trade in real, limited artifacts (both in the digital sense and physical sense--the imaginary world works on both of those mechanisms, in a light-is-both-a-particle-and-a-wave sense.) For example, I sell dolls that can be used as avatars in the metaphysical world, and weapons that can do actual damage--in a mental sense--to real people. As in, a gun that shoots fear, a confusion ray, and bombs that turn people into frogs--metaphysically. Everything takes work, and though I am not certain as to the limits of their "physical" scarcity, as I have not studied that aspect of the imaginary universe that much, they do take effort to create and produce.
So, in conclusion, money is necessary for what I have as a goal in this project: a fully functional, meaningful, and desirable environment where anyone can "link up" and experience, first-hand, the wonders of a shared imagination in the literal sense.
On to the next step in the process: now that I have explained why I need a hard currency to make this world go around, I am going to explain what that currency is (in its current beta state.) In the metaphysical world, concepts are solidified into what can only be described as "color rocks," or "color ore." They take effort to produce and imagine, and they are limited in size and shape. Each one has literal boundaries that take work to manipulate. These "color rocks" can be squeezed and minted into coins--literally appearing as such simply because I think it works better that way--and then they can be used, in their finite way, to purchase goods and services.
The physical-mental exchange of goods and coins works much like it does in the digital world. You use a heads-up display and simply say or think "I give x coins to John Smith." Do a little mental leap, and the rest of the process is performed by your operating system--if you have mine installed.
There is a lot of work that needs to be done up there. There is also a lot of fun to be had. If you're looking on how to join us, email me at minerzep@gmail.com, and then we can set up a session to get you connected. I'll show you around! If you're interested in working as a programmer, accountant, or police moderator of my city, (or any other job you can think of) just ask, and I'll teach you how it will work.
In a sense, I'm hosting an imaginary "Minecraft Server" where we can have fun and build things.
I hope to see you soon!
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