Entry #100
DE:VALUE then RE:VALUE
Seiya Yonezawa
A proposal for citizens to voluntarily renounce paper money to trigger the emergence of a post-materialist society. The renounced bills are then recycled to print out profile cards of citizens, creating a "citizen portfolio" that are to be used in the new society where citizens collaborate on civic projects without monetary compensation.
- Metadata:
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• The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
2 (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech) -
• Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
1 (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific) -
• Degree of commercial potential
2 (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved) -
• Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
3 (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change) -
• Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
1 (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change) -
• Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
2 (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)