[liberationtech] investing in liberation tech

[J.M. Porup]

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On 11/10/14 12:37, hellekin wrote:
> *** Indeed, there's an inherent conflict of interest.  But free 
> software, free hardware, and liberation technologies suffer a
> systematic lack of resources.  If the only alternative to capital
> investment is either to rely on crowdfunding (i.e. pre-sales) or on
> DARPA/DoD/NSA/CIA funding, or EU funding, we cannot go much
> further: we're working with blood money.

Worth mentioning: Equity crowdfunding is an interesting alternative.
Unlike reward-based crowdfunding, people who give money actually buy
shares in the resulting company. Think of it as a mini-IPO. This could
offer a funding mechanism for low-profit lib-tech activities that also
gives shareholder rights to the early adopters.

> So if investors actually care for their children's children, and
> other people's children, and the success of humanity on Earth as a
> species, they will realize that there's no exit strategy to this
> planet except death.  Is growing capital now profitable?  Yes.  Is
> it profitable in the long run?  Probably not.  Is care-taking
> profitable?  No.  Can we make it profitable?  That is the
> question.

What, you mean the Divine Hand of the Market (TM) won't guide our
species to salvation? :)

Jens

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