Rich Blundell

Current economic thinking not only presupposes a detachment between personal self-interest and planetary health, it falsely positions them in a diametrically opposed, zero-sum, rivalrous end-game. This fatal flaw of modern economics now threatens to collapse the quality of all life on Earth. To put it bluntly, we seem to love our money more than life itself (but this is love nonetheless, so we can work with it).&nbsp;This Oika project solves the detachment problem using the principles of decentralized, crypto-tech to recouple personal wealth to planetary health. This conceptual maneuver is the core value-proposition of Oika. It's really a hack to convert currency maximalism into a basis for healing (in meme-speak it would be #TapTheMax). <img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmcXLg7xhuF9r5eoWi5FvhbHBTg6MT6A57B6Bw6rHok6Ww"> Enter Crypto:The blockchain has emerged as humanity’s attempt to carve out a new economic universe. While the mechanics of the blockchain provide a decentralized, transparent and resilient record of transactions, its philosophy also suggests a new path for human and planetary prosperity. The blockchain is more than a store of value, or a history of transactions, it is the foundation for a beautiful future.<blockquote class="ql-indent-1">The ledger not only records what we own but also who we are and what we care about. -- Dr. Rich Blundell</blockquote> How it works﻿This Oika project supports collaborations of ecologists and artists to create artworks that embed Ecological Intelligence into the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain. We seek this funding to train and new Oika artists and commission new NFT projects using the following collaborative workflow:<img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmT8m4bHAiqFZ6ErrrqGGcaCZk2nZjFQbTkUWr9QmD7ZeY">Beyond that, our plan is to Trojan-horse the principles of Ecological Intelligence (the creativity of nature) into the blockchain in order to realign culture and nature. We are doing this by commissioning new, physical and NFT artworks that embed subjective, conceptual and real-world ecological data.&nbsp;Our algorithm ensures deep creativity, real-world ecological impact and high cultural value. Our approach seeks to avoid the “public goods” dilemma and the apocalypse coupled to it. You can learn more about Oika at <a href="https://oika.com" target="_blank">https://oika.com/</a> and see some pilot media projects at <a href="https://oika.com/oika-media-projects" target="_blank">https://oika.com/oika-media-projects</a>&nbsp; Also see our tiny whitepaper here: <a href="https://oika.com/oika-in-the-blockchain" target="_blank">https://oika.com/oika-in-the-blockchain</a> Contact:Dr. Rich BlundellDirector, Oika<a href="//mailto:omniscopic@gmail.com" target="_blank">omniscopic@gmail.com</a>

Oika in the Blockchain