The Need and Feasibility of the UN to Lead the Human Community in Creating a Digital Planet(012)
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5.1.4 NFT is a New Wealth Across Civilisation.
Studies have shown that in any society, the transformation of civilization is inevitably accompanied by the emergence of New Wealth Across Civilisation. Moreover, the economic value that New Wealth Across Civilisation can create is bound to far exceed the total economic value of the old civilization era. As analyzed earlier, the evolution trend of this New Wealth Across Civilisation in different civilization stages is developing towards virtualization and humanization.
From livestock and land to intellectual property, the degree of virtualization and humanization of these forms of wealth is increasing. This indicates that as New Wealth Across Civilisation develops further, its dependence on material resources decreases, while its dependence on human resources increases. This trend is consistent with the desire of human society to continuously expand the value of wealth and increase the total economic value. The higher the degree of virtualization of a form of wealth, the greater the space for imagination and development. The higher the degree of humanization, the stronger people’s subjective initiative in increasing the value of wealth.
Therefore, the creation of New Wealth Across Civilisation by humans is constantly weakening the dependence on material resources while strengthening the dependence on spiritual resources, that is, the dependence on human subjective initiative. For human subjective initiative, the collective subjective initiative is undoubtedly more powerful than that of individuals. Therefore, after the degree of virtualization reaches a certain height, the evolution and development of New Wealth Across Civilisation mainly depend on the infinite expansion of humanization. More precisely, it depends on the direct and widespread expression of human collective subjective initiative in creating cross-civilization wealth, which can tend to expand indefinitely, even infinitely.
As shown in Figure 42 above,
the subjective initiative of cattle and sheep as a group is limited. No matter how many people there are or how much grazing and feeding conditions improve, the growth space of the value of cattle and sheep is limited.
Land, on the other hand, allows for great subjective initiative from a group. Many people can build a manor, a castle, or a city on the land, greatly increasing its value. However, this kind of increase is indirect, rather than direct. The motivation for the exercise of subjective initiative is not the land itself, but rather the manor, castle, or city. This makes the promotion of land value dependent on humanization, and not universal. Moreover, unlike cattle and sheep, land trading is limited. People can freely buy and sell cattle and sheep in the market, but land transactions are often not allowed to be done privately and must be recognized and permitted by the state. As early as the pre-Qin period in China, there was a saying that “under the whole sky, nothing is not the king’s land; on the border of the land, nothing is not the king’s subjects.” (Book of Songs), which shows that even several thousand years ago, the ownership of land, even the land they cultivated themselves, belonged to the king, and people could not buy or sell it privately. This undoubtedly greatly restricts the subjective initiative of the general public.
Intellectual property rights can also unleash the subjective initiative of a group. Everyone can create intellectual property rights, and the more people who create them, the greater the success of these inventions, creations, and innovations. However, success or failure is still determined by the material world. Even if you spend decades inventing a patent, it cannot be recognized by the producer, cannot be transformed into a material commodity, or even if it is transformed into a material commodity, it cannot be recognized by the market, and it cannot be successful. Moreover, like land, intellectual property rights in modern times must be recognized by the state or government in order to form commodities for trading in the public market. Although this is done to protect intellectual property rights from infringement and piracy, this mechanism undoubtedly greatly restricts the subjective initiative of the general public in developing intellectual property rights.
Although intellectual property rights, as a New Wealth Across Civilisation industrial civilization, have created tremendous wealth value for human society, it still has not completely separated from its dependence on the material world and has not fully unleashed the subjective initiative of group participation. In theory, the new civilization, which is the New Wealth Across Civilisation of the wisdom civilization era, should make greater breakthroughs in these two aspects. And NFT is exactly that.
NFT has achieved the most thorough virtualization and humanization within our existing cognitive scope.
Firstly, although NFT also belongs to the category of intellectual property rights, it can completely rely on the subjective initiative of people instead of the material world to determine and enhance its value.
Secondly, NFT does not require authorization or recognition from governments, central authorities, or any centralized institutions, but can be self-authorized and self-recognized through blockchain algorithm trust and can be freely traded in the market under such self-authorization and recognition.
Finally, since the wealth value of NFT is no longer exclusive, but shared by the group, it can maximize the subjective initiative of the group.
It should be noted that most of the NFTs currently available on the market are concept hype, which is significantly different from the cross-civilization new wealth NFT.
As shown in Figure 43, the construction of New Wealth Across Civilisation NFT is from bottom-up, and initially, everyone is treated equally. There are no privileges, no scarcity, and no differentiation. The attributes, functions, and content are not pre-set but jointly developed later. And the algorithm is used to ensure the common interests of everyone and to curbing the evil of capital. Participants have an entrepreneurial and homeownership mindset, and the entire economic system is a win-win model.
However, what we see in the market now is the opposite of this. The construction of NFT is top-down, and the project party artificially creates scarcity and differentiation, and the main attributes and functions are also centrally preset. Capital can manipulate the market to cut leeks as they please, and participants can only have a speculative or gambling mentality. The entire economic system is a zero-sum game.
Just explaining this way may be difficult for everyone to understand. So let’s take a specific example to illustrate what this cross-civilization new wealth NFT should be like and how it should operate.
A certain creator found what he believed to be excellent material for a novel. After refining the material, he completed the outline and white paper for this novel. The white paper states that 1 million “Shared Score”（token）of NFT collections (mother NFT and child NFT) will be issued for this NFT (novel). The token rights are 100% publicly issued to society, and the token price is determined by the market.
The NFT (novel) can also be decomposed into multiple child NFTs, and each child NFT has independent rights. These independent rights will follow the child NFT in market transactions and transfers.
As shown in Figure 44, the red NFT (novel) is the mother NFT, and all the ones below it are the child NFTs. The yellow ones are copyright-related child NFTs, which reflect appreciation revenue. The green at the bottom is a child NFT with browsing rights, creative rights, and re-editing rights, and the blue is a child NFT with browsing rights and re-editing rights, which reflects basic revenue. The blue dashed box represents the entire NFT collection, which reflects the total revenue of the entire NFT (novel) ecosystem. The general operation is as follows.
The creator starts writing the novel by chapter according to the white paper commitment, and publishes it regularly or irregularly in all NFTs. Anyone can obtain a child NFT (green) with browsing rights, creative rights, and re-editing rights by paying the specified fee, such as 10YL (the algorithmic stablecoin that will be mentioned later) or 10 USD. At the same time, they can also receive the corresponding token reward based on the market price at that time and become a stakeholder. 1 YL can obtain an NFT (blue) with only browsing rights and re-editing rights, without token reward or stakeholder status. Except for paying for product development fees, all revenue from this part is shared among all stakeholders of the NFT (novel) community in proportion to their tokens.
The so-called creative rights refer to creating or re-creating the novel. If the creative content meets the requirements, it will be integrated into the NFT (novel) as part of it. The integration rules are similar to those of Wikipedia. At the same time, based on the proportion of the integrated word count to the total word count of the novel at that time, the creator will receive the corresponding tokens of the NFT (novel) according to the white paper regulations, such as the novel content accounting for 20%, 30%, or other proportions of the total tokens. The creator has veto power and can reject the integration proposal.
The copyright NFT can be traded and pledged. Users can obtain the right to use this NFT during the pledge period by pledging a certain amount of tokens (such as 10,000). If it is a Chinese copyright, the pledger can translate it into a Chinese version of the NFT and sell it to the market. Users who purchase the Chinese version of the Green Child NFT also need to pay 10YL. The pledger gets 50%, and the NFT (novel) gets 50%. The adaptation rights of animation, film, television, and games can also be traded in this way. This income is continuous.
When all 1 million tokens have been issued, the NFT(green) will stop being issued. Therefore, it is limited, and the number of limitations is determined by the market. This also means that the NFT(green) has appreciation space in the future, and the value of the use of creation rights, re-editing rights, and unused values is different. Re-editing rights refer to using this novel (original NFT) as a blueprint for re-creation, becoming an NFT independent of this ecosystem. The re-creator needs to pay the original NFT royalties as required. This means that in this ecosystem and its surroundings, all readers are both consumers and producers (creators). This is also the production-sales integration model that Toffler most advocates. The production-sales integration model is difficult to achieve in the field of material goods, but it can be perfectly realized in the field of spiritual goods.
This example shows that the New Wealth Across Civilisations NFT here is not only an intellectual property right but also a spiritual commodity that can satisfy people’s spiritual needs for reading novels. It is fundamentally different from the NFTs issued purely as encrypted collectibles on the current market. In the future, all NFTs that can become New Wealth Across Civilisations have the attribute of encrypted collectibles, but they must first have practical value and can satisfy people’s spiritual needs in some aspects. It is not difficult to understand from this example why it is said that NFT is completely independent of the material world, why it is said that NFT does not need anyone’s authorization and recognition and can enter the market for trading by self-empowerment, and why NFT can maximize the subjectivity of the group.
This is just an example to illustrate a basic business model of the New Wealth Across Civilisations NFT, and such a business model can be designed and created infinitely. Just like a game, this NFT ecosystem can be given better playability and entertainment. This further explains the differentiation and richness of future NFTs.
Therefore, as a New Wealth in the era of intelligent civilization, NFT fully conforms to the evolutionary law and evolution logic of New Wealth Across Civilisations.
(To be continued)
The English translation is mainly done by AI and is inevitably not accurate enough. Please refer to the original Chinese text below for a more accurate understanding.
5.1.4 NFT是跨文明新财富
研究表明，任何一个社会，文明的转型，必然伴随着跨文明新财富的出现。而且，跨文明新财富能创造的经济总量，必然会极大超过旧文明时代的经济总量。对此，前面已经进行过分析，不同文明阶段，这种跨文明新财富的演化趋势，是朝着虚拟化和人本化方向发展。
从牛羊，到土地，再到知识产权，它们的虚拟化程度、人本化程度都越来越高。这说明，跨文明新财富越往后发展，对物质的依赖性越低，而对人的依赖性越高。这个趋势与人类社会期望财富价值不断扩大、经济总量不断增长的欲望，是相吻合的。一种财富形态，它的虚拟化程度越高，想象和发展空间就越大。它的人本化程度越高，人对财富价值增长的主观能动性就越强。
于是，人类创造跨文明新财富，是在不断削弱对物质资源依赖的同时，又在不断强化对精神资源的依赖，也就是对人的主观能动性依赖。对于人的主观能动性而言，群体的主观能动性，无疑又比个人更强大。因此，当虚拟化程度达到一定高度后，跨文明新财富的进化和发展，主要依赖于人本化的无限扩展。更准确地说，依赖于人类群体主观能动性的发挥，越来越直接、越来越普遍。也就是创造跨文明新财富的群体规模，可以趋向于不断扩大，甚至无限扩大。
如前面图42所示。
牛羊，群体主观能动性发挥空间小。人再怎么多，放牧条件、饲养条件再怎么提高，牛羊价值的增长空间都是有限的。
土地，群体主观能动性得到了极大发挥。众多的人群，可以在土地上造一座庄园、造一座城堡，造一个城市，让土地价值大大提升。但这种提升是间接的，而非直接提升。群体主观能动性的发挥动机，并不是土地，而是庄园、城堡和城市。这就使得土地价值依赖人本化提升不具有普遍性。不仅如此，与牛羊不同的是，土地的买卖是有限制的。牛羊人们可以在市场上自由买卖，而土地买卖往往是不可以私下进行，而必须通过国家认可和准许。中国早在先秦时期，就有“溥天之下，莫非王土；率土之滨，莫非王臣。（《诗经·小雅》）”的说法，说明在几千年前，即使是自己开垦的荒地，土地所有权也属于国王所有。人们不得私下买卖。这无疑极大制约了普罗大众的主观能动性。
知识产权，也能发挥群体主观能动性。每个人都可以创造知识产权，创造的人越多，这些发明、创造和创新的成功性就越大。但是，成功与否却依然由物质世界来判定。哪怕你耗费几十年时间发明了一个专利，生产方不认可，不能转化成物质商品，或转化成了物质商品，市场不认可，都成功不了。不仅如此，知识产权在现代也如同土地一样，必须得到国家或政府认可，才能形成商品在公开市场上交易。虽然这样做，是为了保护知识产权不被侵权、不被剽窃，但是，这种机制也无疑大大制约了普罗大众开发知识产权的主观能动性。
虽然知识产权作为工业文明时代的跨文明新财富，已经为人类社会创造了极其巨大的财富价值。但是，它依然没有彻底脱离对物质世界的依赖，没有彻底发挥群体参与的主观能动性。从理论上说，新文明，也就是智慧文明时代的跨文明新财富，至少应该在这两个方面取得更大的突破。而NFT正是如此。
NFT，在我们现有的认知范围内，做到了最彻底的虚拟化和最彻底的人本化。
首先，NFT虽然也属于知识产权的范畴。但是，它完全可以不依赖物质世界，而只依赖于人的主观能动性，就能决定和提升其价值。
其次，NFT无需国家、政府，以及任何中心化机构授权或认可。而是可以通过区块链的算法信任，进行自授权和自认可。并可在这种自授权和认可前提下，在市场上自由进行交易。
最后，由于NFT的财富价值不再是独享，而是群体分享、共享。所以，它能最大限度发挥群体的主观能动性。
这里，需要说明的是。现在市场上已经出现的NFT，绝大部分都是概念炒作。与跨文明新财富NFT，是有明显区别的。
如图43所示，跨文明新财富NFT的打造是由下而上的，最初都是一视同仁的。没有特权，没有稀缺性和差异化。属性、功能和内容，都不是先天预设的，而是后天共同养成的。并用算法信任保障大家的共同利益，遏制资本作恶。参与者是一种创业心态、置业心态。整个经济体系是共赢共荣模式。
而目前我们在市场上看到的NFT完全相反。它的打造是由上而下的，项目方人为制造出稀缺性和差异化，主要属性和功能也是中心预设的。资本可以任意操控市场割韭菜。参与者只能是投机心态、赌博心态。整个经济体系是一种零和博弈模式。
仅仅这么阐述，恐怕大家还是很难理解。下面，我们不妨举个具体例子，来说明这种跨文明新财富NFT应该是什么样的，又该如何运作。
某创作者找到了一个自认为绝佳的小说素材。对素材经过提炼后，完成了这部小说的提纲和白皮书。白皮书注明将为这个NFT（小说）发行100万个权分（Token）和一系列NFT集合（母NFT和子NFT）。权分100%面向社会公开发行，权分价格由市场决定。
NFT（小说）下面又可分解为多个子NFT，每个子NFT都具有独立权益。这种独立权益会跟随着子NFT在市场上交易和转移。
如图44。红色NFT（小说）是母NFT，下面都是子NFT。黄色是版权类子NFT，这部分体现增值收益。底部绿色是浏览权+创作权+再编权子NFT，蓝色是浏览权+再编权子NFT，这部分体现基本收益。蓝底虚线框代表整个NFT集合，这部分体现整个NFT（小说）生态的总收益。大致运作如下。
创作者按白皮书承诺开始逐章写作，定期或不定期发布在所有NFT中。任何人，只需支付规定费用，比如10YL（原粒，后面会提到的算法稳定币）或10美元。就可获得具备浏览权、创作权和再编权的子NFT（绿色），同时，还可获得当时市价对应的权分奖励，成为权益人。而1YL，可获得仅有浏览权和再编权的NFT（蓝色），没有权分奖励，也不是权益人。这部分收益，除了支付产品开发费外，全部归NFT（小说）社区全体权益人按权分比例共享。
所谓创作权，就是自己对小说进行创作或再创作。创作内容符合要求，会被整合到NFT（小说）中成为其一部分。整合规则类似于维基百科。同时，会根据整合字数占当时全书的比例，获得NFT（小说）对应权分（按白皮书规定，比如小说内容占总权分20%，或30%，或其它比例）。创作人享有否决权，可以否决整合提案。
版权类NFT既可以交易，又可以质押。用户质押一定数额（比如1万）的权分，就可以获得这个NFT在质押期间的使用权。假设是中文版权，那么，质押者就可将其翻译成中文版NFT，向市场出售。用户购买中文版绿色子NFT，也需要支付10YL。质押者分50%，NFT（小说）分50%。其它，动画、电影、电视、游戏的改编权都可以如此。这个收益是源源不断的。
当100万权分全部发行出来后，绿色子NFT将停止发行。所以，它是限量的，而限量多少由市场决定。这也意味着绿色子NFT未来也有升值空间，而且，使用了创作权、再编权和没使用的价值也不一样。再编权，是指以这部小说（原NFT）为蓝本，进行再创作，成为独立于这个生态之外的NFT。再创作人需要按规定支付原NFT版税。这就意味着，在这个生态中、以及生态周边，所有读者，既是消费者，也是生产者（创作者）。这也是托夫勒最推崇的产销合一模式。产销合一模式在物质商品领域是很难完全实现的，但在精神商品领域可以完美实现。
这个例子说明，这里的跨文明新财富NFT，既是一种知识产权，也是一种精神型商品，可以满足人们阅读小说的精神需求。与现在市场上的那些纯粹作为加密收藏品而发行的NFT，有着本质区别。未来，所有能成为跨文明新财富的NFT，都具备加密收藏品属性，但它们首先要具备实用价值，可以满足人们某一方面的精神需求。由这个例子也不难理解，为什么说NFT完全摆脱了对物质世界的依赖。为什么说NFT无需任何人授权和认可，自行赋权就可以进入市场交易。为什么NFT能最大限度的发挥群体主观能动性。
这仅仅是举例说明跨文明新财富NFT的一种基本商业模式，而这样的商业模式是可以无限设计、无限创造的。就像一款游戏，可以赋予这个NFT生态更好的可玩性和娱乐性。这也进一步阐述了未来NFT的差异化和丰富性。
由此可见，NFT作为智慧文明时代的一种新财富，完全符合跨文明新财富的进化规律和演化逻辑。
（未完待续）
