Cool little story. I really like speculative fiction like this.
The only part that is too far-fetched is "A lawnmower repair shop down the street builds these mowers and provides them for free.". Why would they build and provide them for free? Surely they would lease them to the local governance body using automatic, demand based bidding and negotiation.
Other than that, very cool. Though I fully expect these comments to be filled with people discussing how this future sounds terrible, entirely missing the point of the story (which was to speculate and discuss novel models of payment, ownership and reputation enabled by blockchains, not to provide an exhaustive exploration of possible futures enabled by blockchain technology).
>>Though I fully expect these comments to be filled with people discussing how this future sounds terrible
I didn't find it terrible. I found it hilarious, because the story reads like a satirical mockery of blockchain technology. That's what I gathered from the part where Crowley opens his mouth and his TV says "FOOD ACQUISITION FACE DETECTED".
I liked the idea. Leasing them to some kind of intermediary partially defeats the purpose of what decentralized paying tech enables. The bidding and negotiation will happen naturally as any 14 year old hacker may put out their mowers to run around cutting grass for paying customers, prices will act accordingly.
The only part that is too far-fetched is "A lawnmower repair shop down the street builds these mowers and provides them for free.". Why would they build and provide them for free? Surely they would lease them to the local governance body using automatic, demand based bidding and negotiation.
Other than that, very cool. Though I fully expect these comments to be filled with people discussing how this future sounds terrible, entirely missing the point of the story (which was to speculate and discuss novel models of payment, ownership and reputation enabled by blockchains, not to provide an exhaustive exploration of possible futures enabled by blockchain technology).