The Need and Feasibility of the UN to Lead the Human Community in Creating a Digital Planet(033)
— An Open Letter to UN Secretary-General Guterres and Global Sages
7.3 Overview of the Economic System
The original intention of Famland’s new economic system is to create enormous wealth value in the metaverse, and to print endless amounts of money to help the United Nations, humanity, and the Earth achieve self-rescue. Printing unlimited amounts of money is easy. But the key is how to ensure that so much money does not depreciate, cause inflation, or create an economic crisis. This is the core of the design and creation of this economic system.
The viewpoint of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is that as long as it does not cause inflation, money can be printed infinitely. It can also be argued that as long as there are enough goods to carry and consume the money printed, no matter how much money is printed, there will always be higher-value goods to support and consume it. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the depreciation of this money or the occurrence of inflation. But how to ensure that there are enough goods with sufficient value that people are willing to consume them? Or, what kind of goods can guarantee a sufficient quantity and value that people will be eager to buy?
The only possibility is goods that satisfy the spiritual needs of humanity. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, spiritual needs are the higher needs of humanity, and people are willing to pay more money to satisfy their higher needs. In the previous section, “The Value of the Metaverse and the Digital Earth,” we have explained that for a certainperiod of time, human material needs are actually limited, and it is human spiritual needs that are truly infinite. Combined with our theory of “human-machine collaboration,” the division of labor for humanity in the metaverse is precisely to create and produce spiritual goods to satisfy human spiritual needs. It seems that the Creator has already arranged everything, waiting for us to discover and implement it.
7.3.1 Overview of the Basic Operations of the Economic System
Famland’s new economic system is designed to create wealth in the metaverse, with the substantial technical support of blockchain encryption technology and the “algorithm trust” mechanism. However, what people have seen is that blockchain technology has been in existence for more than ten years, and its most representative application of cryptocurrency, BTC, has been around for nearly 15 years. Yet, to this day, people have not seen a truly successful case. Whether it is BTC, ETH, or any other digital currency, they are still in the exploration and experimental stage. Is it too unreliable for the United Nations to lead human society into the metaverse to create such a blockchain new economic system?
Regarding this, we have already mentioned at the beginning of Chapter 7 that all existing blockchain digital currencies and economic models on the market lack systematic theoretical guidance and are in a primitive survival state of self-generation and self-destruction. It is difficult to form a large-scale climate, like warlord separatism in the era of the Republic of China. Famland, on theother hand, has reconstructed a new system based on its own theoretical framework and borrowing from existing blockchain models to overcome the shortcomings and bottlenecks of current models. The goal is to ultimately form a healthy and sustainable new economic ecosystem with a positive feedback loop.
7.3.1.1 Overview of the Existing Problems in the Blockchain Digital Currency Economy
The existing blockchain digital economy, which mainly refers to pure digital economies that do not depend on traditional industries, is essentially a digital currency economy based on encrypted digital currencies. This is the model closest to the Famland new economy. Over the past decade, this type of digital currency economy has remained extremely unstable and there seems to be no hope for improvement. The fundamental problem lies in two aspects.
The first is the inability to avoid the capital game in the market. To put it bluntly, no matter what kind of digital currency you have developed, when it finally attracts market attention, your economic volume is still very small. When the market pays attention, capital will intervene. Some bet long, some bet short. This digital currency becomes a tool for the capital game. Even BTC and ETH, which have the largest economic volume, have not escaped this fate.
To capital, these digital currencies and NFTs are just alternative or virtual assets. Since they are assets, there will naturally be market price fluctuations and opportunities for speculation.
Since 2020, many decentralized digital stablecoins have appeared on the blockchain market. People can obtain these stablecoins through liquidity mining. Most of them were very popular for a while, but none of them succeeded in the end. The direct reason is this capital game. To describe it with the three words commonly used in this industry, it is “mine, sell, and withdraw”. This means that people first “mine” the digital currency they have issued, then immediately “sell” the mined digital currency for USDT, and finally “withdraw” the USDT they have sold to their own wallet.
Undoubtedly, no matter how well-designed your business model is, if everyone is “mining, selling, and withdrawing”, it will eventually fail. However, why do some digital stablecoins persist for a period of time? It is mainly because during this period, there is still a consensus among some people that the price may fall but can still rise again. Therefore, when someone sells off their holdings, others still believe it is a speculative opportunity and buy those sell orders. If the consensus is strong and there are more buyers than sellers, the price can stabilize or even rise. However, if the consensus breaks down and there are more sellers than buyers, the price will keep falling until it reaches zero. This is the result of the capital game.
The essence of this capital game is that “price consensus is determined by the market, and the market is influenced by capital”. Under the mechanism of capitalism, any asset, whether it is stocks, bonds, gold, silver, real estate, commodities, futures, or even pork, eggs, and cabbage in the vegetable market, the price consensus of people is determined by the market. When you go out to buy cabbage, the price per kilogram may be 2 yuan one day and 3 yuan the next day. Yourprice consensus changes instantly. Therefore, people do not have a price consensus in the first place. The price consensus is determined by the market. More precisely, it is based on trust in the market (market trust). However, the market can be influenced by capital. Whoever has more capital can influence the market, change the “market trust”, and ultimately change people’s price consensus. Therefore, under the financial mechanism of capitalism, any asset, whether it is a physical asset or a virtual asset, is a tool for the capital game.
In contrast, in the blockchain financial system of the metaverse, it is entirely possible to avoid this capital game. This is because blockchain technology can provide a form of “algorithmic trust”. This “algorithmic trust” cannot be influenced or changed by any external factors and is an objective trust that produces “rational consensus”. It is strong and difficult to break. However, “market trust” can be influenced by capital at any time and is a subjective trust that produces “emotional consensus”. It is fragile and easily broken. Therefore, replacing “market trust” with “algorithmic trust” is a sign of human civilization progress and an inevitable trend for the future development of the new economy. Once “algorithmic trust” replaces “market trust”, the foundation of the capital game is lost and it can no longer be played.
The Famland new economic system uses “algorithmic trust” to replace “market trust”, thereby overcoming the first major flaw of the capitalgame.
The second point is the lack of large-scale application scenarios. Whether it’s BTC, ETH, EOS, or TRX, the application scenarios for these cryptocurrencies have always been greatly limited. Even today, their biggest application scenario is nothing more than gas fees, which are the so-called blockchain transaction fees. This application scenario is pitifully small and far from enough to support the value of cryptocurrencies. Even centralized exchange platform coins like BNB and OKB, which can be used to pay transaction fees, have limited value compared to gas fees.
All designers and operators of blockchain digital economies are aware of this weakness. They have come up with various methods, and some have even incorporated traditional consumer scenarios. This is even further off the mark. Blockchain digital currencies must not compete with traditional currencies and fiat currencies. Otherwise, not only will it not be allowed by the regulatory authorities of various countries, but even if such a market is won, both sides will inevitably be defeated. Therefore, countries like El Salvador, which have introduced BTC as legal tender into their traditional consumer market, deserve praise for their courage and determination to explore new finance and embrace new things. However, from the essence of the development of the new economy, this approach does more harm than good because it violates the objective laws of development of the blockchain new economy.
The Famland new economic entity will not compete with traditional fiat currencies for the market. On the contrary, it will provide a huge consumer market for traditional fiat currencies, including the US dollar, the euro, the yuan, and other fiat currencies, in the metaverse. The application scenarios created by Famland are impossible to achieve in the real world. They can only be perfectly presented in the metaverse, on the digital earth. In addition, the unlimited wealth creation mechanism and the risk-free, only rising market model of the Famland new economic entity are completely unimaginable for traditional capitalist economies. Once successful, it will inevitably have an irresistible attraction for global traditional capital. After the new economic entity matures, the huge global financial crisis hidden behind the oversupply of the US dollar, the euro, and the yuan will melt away like snow.
The core spiritual commodity that the Famland new economic entity wants to create belongs to the new type of spiritual commodity, NFT, that transcends civilizations. It is not only a new type of spiritual commodity that fully satisfies people’s social identity, social achievement, and social honor, but more importantly, it builds an unprecedented “personal achievement display system” for the global human race based on this type of new spiritual commodity.
7.3.1.2 Overview of the Global Personal Achievement Display System
The so-called “personal achievement display system” has existed to some extent in the real world for a long time. Luxury goods, collectibles, and other items that we are familiar with can be regarded as props in the personal achievement display system. They no longer satisfy people’s material needs, but their spiritual needs. These props include, but are not limited to: luxury goods such as private jets, luxury yachts, luxury cars, villas, mansions, as well as high-end private clubs, golf club memberships, and so on. The luxury goods section includes various high-end luxury brands such as Hermes, Patek Philippe, Rolex, and more. Then there are high-end collectibles, mainly ancient porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, bronze ware, and so on.
Take the Hermes bag as an example. Why does it mainly satisfy people’s spiritual needs? Because the Hermes brand is a symbol of a successful life, formed by people’s consensus. Therefore, when carrying an Hermes bag, people mainly want to show society: “I belong to the successful class.” This allows the public to generally recognize and acknowledge their achievements. The tens of millions of limited edition Rolls-Royce Phantoms and private jets are personal achievement props with practical uses. As for high-end collectibles such as the Chenghua Chicken Cup and Guiguzi Xia Shan Yuan Qinghua Jar, they belong to personalachievement props with historical and cultural attributes.
However, the personal achievement display system in the real world is fragmented and not systematic. Because these different types of props come from different manufacturers, there is no unified standard. So people only know that these are consumer goods for the wealthy. As for who has achieved more, the collector of the Chenghua Chicken Cup or the owner of a private jet, it is impossible to compare. Therefore, in the real world, the true personal achievement display system is the honor system in the military. Note that it is not the rank system. Although the rank system also has a certain achievement display effect, its main function belongs to the grade relationship system. The honor system, on the other hand, is basically a kind of personal achievement display system.
The honor system we are talking about is called “zili zhang” in China, and “service ribbons” or “medals” in the West. Wearing service ribbons and medals is undoubtedly a symbol of military achievement. Different service ribbons and medals reflect different levels of honor. This kind of special honor obtained in military service, like military medals, satisfies the spiritual needs of soldiers and recognizes their outstanding achievements.
However, service ribbons, medals, and other similar items, although highly valued by military personnel, are only suitable for wearing on specific holidays and occasions. Otherwise, they are not suitable for daily wear.
If we create a set of props with both high-end luxury value and honor meaning, suchas service ribbons and medals, that are suitable for displaying achievements in any situation or scene in the Famland metaverse, it is possible that they will be widely welcomed and pursued by people.
After all, personal achievement display in the virtual world is more convenient and natural than showing off watches, bags, cars, and yachts in the real world. And more importantly, the metaverse is open to the world, and any Internet user can see it. Human spiritual satisfaction mainly comes from sharing. The wider the sharing range and the more people who share, the greater the spiritual satisfaction. With such a system, not only are there enough props with high value, but their values can also be cultivated and increased. Most importantly, everyone is willing to share and display them. The wealth value of such assets and series of assets is already infinite. Wealth with infinite value carries unlimited money, which is very normal.
(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.
联合国引领人类社会打造数字地球的必要性和可行性（033）
— — 致联合国秘书长古特雷斯及全球贤达的公开信
7.3 经济体概述
Famland新经济体方案的初衷，就是人类可以在元宇宙中创造巨大财富价值，可以印出用不完的金钱，来帮助联合国、人类及地球实现自救。印出用不完的钱容易。可是，怎样保证这么多的钱不贬值、不引发通货膨胀、不造成经济危机，这才是关键所在。也是这个经济体设计和打造的核心。
MMT（Modern Monetary Theory）的观点，是只要不引发通货膨胀，就可以无限印钱。也可以认为，只要这些印出来的钱，有足够多的商品来承载它、消费它。无论印多少钱出来，都有价值更高的商品将它们承载住、消费掉。那么，就永远不用担心这些钱贬值，也永远不用担心这些钱会造成通货膨胀。可如何确保有足够多、价值还足够高、人们还愿意去消费它们的商品呢。或者说，什么样的商品能够保障数量足够多、价值足够高，人们还会争先恐后去购买呢？
唯一有可能的，只能是满足人类精神需求的商品。因为，按照马斯洛需求层次论来说，精神需求是人类的高级需求。人们愿意为满足自己的高级需求而支付更多的金钱。在前面“元宇宙与数字地球的价值”一节，我们已经阐述了，在一定时间阶段，人类的物质需求其实是有限的，真正无限的是人类的精神需求。再结合我们的“人机大分工”理论，人类在元宇宙的分工，正好就是创造和生产精神商品来满足人类的精神需求。所有这一切，似乎造物主早就安排好了，就等着我们去发现、去实施。
7.3.1 经济体的基本运作概述
Famland的这个新经济体方案，是从元宇宙中创造财富。背后的实质性技术支撑，就是区块链加密技术和“算法信任”机制。可是，人们看到的是，区块链技术浮出水面已经10多年了。其最具代表性的数字货币应用BTC，诞生也快15年。可直至今天，大家依然没有看到一个真正意义上的成功案例。无论是BTC、ETH，还是其他任何数字货币，都还处在探索阶段、实验阶段。让联合国引领人类社会进入元宇宙，去打造这样一个区块链新经济体，是不是太不靠谱了。
对此，我们在第7章一开篇就说了。市场上现有的各种各样区块链数字货币和经济模式，都缺乏系统的理论思想指导，处在一种自生自灭的原始求生状态。就像中国民国年间的军阀割据一样，很难形成大气候。而Famland呢，是在自有理论体系指导下和对现有区块链模式借鉴基础上，扬长避短，重新构造的新体系。希望能克服现有模式的种种弊端，突破现有模式的种种瓶颈。最终形成一种可良性循环、持续发展的健康新经济生态体系。
7.3.1.1 区块链数字货币经济的现有症结概述
现有区块链数字经济，我们主要指那些不依赖于传统产业，纯粹意义上的数字经济，基本上都属于加密数字货币经济。这是与Famland新经济最接近的模式。这类加密数字货币经济，10多年过去了。现在还依然极不稳定，看不到希望在哪里。根本症结，其实也就体现在两个方面。
第一个，就是无法规避市场上的资本博弈。说直白一点，就是无论你什么数字货币，好不容易发展起来，引起了市场关注。这时，你的经济体量也还很小。市场关注了，就会有资本介入。有的做空、有的做多。这支数字货币，就成了资本博弈的工具。即使经济体量最大的BTC和ETH，也依然没有逃脱这个宿命。
在资本看来，这些数字货币、这些NFT，都只不过是一种另类资产、一种虚拟资产而已。既然是资产，当然就有市场价格波动，就有博弈的机会。
从2020年开始，区块链市场上出现了很多去中心化数字稳定币。人们可以用流动性挖矿模式来获得这种稳定币。最初的发展大多火爆过一段时间，可最终没一个成功的。其最直接原因，就是这种资本博弈。用这个行业中常说的三个字来形容，就是“挖卖提”。什么意思呢，就是先“挖”，挖出你发行的数字币。紧接着就“卖”，把挖出的这种数字币立即卖掉，换成Usdt。最后，就是“提”，把卖出的Usdt提到自己的钱包中。
毫无疑问，无论你的商业模式设计得有多么好。如果所有人都这么“挖卖提”，最终也必然死翘翘。可为什么有些数字稳定币，还坚持了一段时间呢？主要是这个期间，还有一部分人的共识没有破裂。认为币价跌下去了，还有可能涨回来。所以，当有人“挖卖提”抛售时，他还认为是投机机会，去承接了这些抛盘。如果共识强，看多的人多。币价就能稳住，甚至上涨。如果共识破裂，看空的人多。币价就会一路下跌，直至归零。这就是资本博弈的恶果。
这种资本博弈的实质，就在于“价格共识是由市场决定的，而市场又是由资本左右的”。在资本主义机制下，任何资产，无论是股票、债券、黄金、白银，还是房地产、大宗商品、期货，直至菜市场的猪肉、鸡蛋、白菜。人们的价格共识怎么来的，市场决定的。你上街去买白菜，昨天还是2元1斤，今天要3元1斤了。你的价格共识瞬间就被改变了。所以，人们本没有价格共识。价格共识是由市场决定的。准确地说，是基于对市场的信任（市场信任）。而市场呢，又能被资本所左右。谁的资本更雄厚，谁就能左右市场，改变“市场信任”，最终，改变人们的价格共识。所以，在资本主义金融机制下。任何资产，无论是实体资产还是虚拟资产，都是资本博弈的工具。
而在元宇宙区块链金融中，我们是完全有可能规避这种资本博弈的。因为，区块链技术可以提供一种“算法信任”。这种“算法信任”不会被任何外界因素影响和改变，是一种客观信任，产生的是“理性共识”。强大，不容易破裂。而“市场信任”呢，是随时随地可以被资本影响、资本左右的，是一种主观信任，产生的是“感性共识”。脆弱，很容易破裂。因此，用“算法信任”取代“市场信任”，是人类文明进步的表现，是未来人类新经济发展的必然趋势。而一旦“算法信任”取代了“市场信任”。资本博弈的基础就丧失了，再也无法博弈了。
Famland新经济体正是用“算法信任”在取代“市场信任”，从而克服了资本博弈这第一大弊端。
第二个，就是缺乏大规模的应用场景。无论是BTC、ETH，还是EOS、TRX，这些加密数字货币的应用场景，始终有着极大的局限性。直到今天，它们最大的应用场景，也无非就是Gas费，也就是所谓区块链记账手续费。这个应用场景小得可怜，远远支撑不起加密数字货币的价值。即使像BNB、OKB这样的中心化交易平台币，可以用来支付交易手续费。这交易手续费虽然比Gas费要强一点，但能呈现的价值依然十分有限。
所有区块链数字经济的设计者和经营者们，都清楚这个弊端。想出了种种方法，甚至有些还将传统消费场景纳入进来。这就错得更远了。区块链数字货币绝不能去与传统货币和法币争夺市场。否则，不仅为各国法币监管所不允许，即便争夺到了这样的市场，最终也必然是两败俱伤。所以，像萨尔瓦多这样的国家，将BTC作为法币，引入自己的传统消费市场。尽管在探索新金融、拥抱新事物的胆识和魄力上，我要为布克尔总统点赞。也就是说，精神可嘉。但从新经济发展的本质上来看，这种做法弊大于利。因为，它违背了区块链新经济发展的客观规律。
Famland新经济体，不仅不会去与传统法币抢市场。反过来，还会为传统法币，包括美元、欧元、人民币等法币提供元宇宙中巨大的消费市场。Famland所创造的应用场景，是现实世界中无法实现的。只有在元宇宙中，在数字地球上才能完美呈现。除此之外，Famland新经济体的无限财富创造机制，以及无风险、只涨不跌市场模式，都是传统资本主义经济完全无法想象的。一旦成功，对全球传统资本必然有不可抗拒的吸引力。这个新经济体步入成熟期后，像美元超发、欧元超发、人民币超发所隐藏的巨大全球金融危机，都会冰雪消融。
Famland新经济体要打造的核心精神商品，是属于跨文明新财富NFT。它不仅仅是一种能全面满足人们社会认同感、社会成就感和社会荣誉感的新型精神商品，更重要的是，它还在这类新型精神商品基础上，构建了一个史无前例的全球人类的“个人成就彰显系统”。
7.3.1.2 全球个人成就彰显系统概述
所谓“个人成就彰显系统”，在一定程度上，早就存在于现实世界中了。像我们熟知的奢侈品、奢华品，以及收藏品，都可以视作个人成就彰显系统中的道具。它们满足的不再是人类的物质需求，而是精神需求。这些道具包括但不限于：奢华品部分，如私人飞机、豪华游轮或游艇，豪华轿车、豪华别墅、豪宅，以及高端私人俱乐部、高尔夫俱乐部会籍等。奢侈品部分，包括各种高端奢侈品品牌的商品，什么爱马仕、百达翡丽、劳力士等都是。再有就是高端收藏品了，主要是古代瓷器、字画、玉石、青铜器等。
以爱马仕包为例，为什么它主要满足的是人们的精神需求。因为，爱马仕品牌就是成功人生的象征，这是由人们共识形成的。所以，拧着爱马仕时，主要是想向社会彰显：我是成功一族。让社会大众能在普遍意义上，无异议的认同其人生成就。几千万的劳斯莱斯幻影限量版，几亿的私人飞机，都属于具有实用属性的个人成就彰显道具。至于像成化鸡缸杯、鬼谷子下山元青花罐这类高端收藏品，则属于具有历史文化属性的个人成就彰显道具了。
只不过，现实世界中的个人成就彰显系统是碎片化的，不系统。因为，这些不同类别的道具，出自不同的生产厂商。没有一个统一标准。所以，人们只知道这些都是有钱人的消费品。至于，成化鸡缸杯收藏者与私人飞机拥有者，谁的成就更高，那是没法比的。所以，现实世界中，真正意义上的个人成就彰显系统，就是军队中的荣誉章系统。注意，不是军衔系统。军衔系统虽然也有一定的成就彰显效用。但它的主要作用，毕竟还属于职级关系系统。而荣誉章系统，基本上就属于一种个人成就彰显系统了。
我们说的这个荣誉章系统。中国叫“资历章”，西方一般叫“略章”或“勋表”。佩戴资历章和略章，无疑是一种军人成就的荣誉象征。不同的资历章、略章，体现不同的荣誉等级。这种军旅生涯所获得的特殊荣誉，和功勋章一样，满足的是军人们的精神需求，表彰的是军人们的出色成就。
但是，像这种资历章、略章，包括勋章，尽管军人们十分珍惜。可是，除非是在一些有要求的特定节假日及特定场所，才适宜佩戴。否则，在人们的日常生活中，通常是不适宜佩戴的。
如果我们在Famland元宇宙中，打造出一套既有奢华品、奢侈品高端价值，又有资历章、略章的荣誉意义，还适合在元宇宙中任何场合、任何场景中彰显的“全球个人成就彰显系统”及道具。是有可能受到人们广泛欢迎和追捧的。
毕竟，虚拟世界中的个人成就彰显，要比现实世界中的手表、包包、汽车、游艇的显摆，更方便、更自然。而更重要的是，元宇宙是向全世界开放的，全球任何网民都可看到。人类的精神满足，主要来自于分享。分享范围越广、分享人群越多，其精神满足感越大。而这样一套系统，不仅道具数量足够多、价值足够高，而且，价值还可以养成、可以提升，更重要的是，人人都愿意去分享、去彰显。这样的资产和资产系列，其财富价值已经是无限的了。无限价值的财富，承载无限多的金钱，这就很正常了。
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