Value speculation and uncapped returns create an intrinsic drive for a company to strive for infinite growth, monopolisation and dominance. This winner-takes-all incentive heavily contributing to the destabilisation of our economy, environment and society. âA growing cancerâ is not an unfitting analogy. To be clear: Even though we have strong criticism about the incentive structure of the current iteration of Capitalism, we are not anti-capitalist. We think there are great parts about it, like the incentives to empower individuality and growth, and a relatively efficient price finding and innovation mechanism. Whatâs missing for us is a system that implicitly asks âhow much is enough?â so that there can be economic freedom to internalise the externalities created by actors of the system, and care for its socio-economic stability. Thatâs what Capitalism is lacking currently.
The capped profit share is basically a loan with very high interests that can only be paid back when we make sustainable revenue and thus bringing real services to the world. With the cap we actively remove âgreedâ out of the equation, while still offering fair returns for the risk taken by investors and team members.
To create such a diversity of providers, WorldBrain.io 426 needs to be able to give away 99%+ of the economic potential without reducing investorsâ returns. Users need to be able to easily migrate to other providers and never lose access to their existing network of people.
Steward Ownership provides a powerful economic driver to support the principles of interoperability and freedom-to-move that is required for people to get the best Memex for their needs and efficiently share their knowledge.
