Abraham Nash

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In the field of AI, I think the U.S. is projecting a deeper psychological need for security and global dominance—what could be seen as a collective shadow or identity construct. Every society has its own form of this projection, and in the U.S., it often manifests through a binary worldview: us vs. them. This unconscious framing can trap people on either side of the debate, even when more nuanced, multidimensional perspectives exist. Personally, I don’t believe the outcome will neatly align with either dominant narrative. It’s likely to take a different path altogether—one that's not captured by a zero-sum mindset. Vitalik’s recent blog post on 2027 captures this well: "A 'we must race to beat China' mentality among US labs becomes more risky, for similar reasons. If hegemony is not a safety buffer, but rather a source of risk, then this is a further argument against the (unfortunately too common) idea that a well-meaning person should join a leading AI lab to help it win even faster."

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Smart people in 2024: obviously the 00s-era AI misalignment story ("we tell AGI to end suffering, it kills everyone, no more suffering") is too naive, we have a smarter version 2025: coder tells AGI to remove bugs, it deletes all code, no more bugs https://x.com/alex_xiong_/status/1942442882402771178

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https://atlas.mindmup.com/2025/06/78085640527c11f080e9b9d5112ab09d/nexus_2030/index.html

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However, material consciousness has reached the limits of its usefulness. The very separation that enabled progress now threatens our survival through climate change, social fragmentation, and resource depletion. Our current global challenges are consciousness challenges disguised as material problems that cannot be solved from the material consciousness that created them. This form of consciousness was essential for its era but cannot address the complexities of our interconnected planetary challenges."

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Michael Haupts Mindmap: "The Engine of Development: When Separation Served Progress Material consciousness — characterized by identification with the physical body and focus on worldly concerns — wasn't a mistake or wrong turn in evolution. It was the necessary engine that drove human technological and scientific advancement by enabling us to objectify, analyze, and manipulate the physical world. This consciousness emerged as humans developed the capacity to conceptualize themselves as separate from nature and each other. This separation wasn't a flaw but a feature that allowed unprecedented focus on physical survival and material innovation. By concentrating awareness on the tangible and measurable, humans developed agriculture, built cities, created advanced technologies, and extended lifespans ~~~

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🚨 Just open-sourced what’s probably my best collection of work so far—early frameworks for a radical new healthcare system: Self-sustaining, grassroots, privacy-preserving, designed to drive down costs through efficient value capture. It’s part blog, part whitepaper, part academic— Unrealistic, a little crazy, but backed up. 👉 https://github.com/abrahamnash/radical-health #Healthcare #AI #Blockchain #RadicalHealth

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Radical Healthcare: Decentralized Health Intelligence Network (DHIN) https://github.com/decentralizedintelligencenetwork/Modular-Extensions/blob/main/DHIN/white%20paper/Decentralized%20Health%20Intelligence%20Network%20(DHIN).pdf A fully decentralized healthcare system with peer-to-peer interactions between patients and providers, cutting out intermediaries. Users earn stablecoin rewards (no third-party), which can be pooled for healthcare insurance or co-pays, all on a 24/7 uptime network owned by no one. Pretty crazy if this works ~

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Radical Ideas for Healthcare: A Decentralized Health Insurance Protocol https://github.com/abrahamnash/radical-health/blob/main/Decentralized-Insurance-Protocol/A%20Decentralized%20Healthcare%20Insurance%20Protocol.pdf

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I could elaborate on this at greater length, but in short: our interpretations of faith (or any worldview) are rarely fully aligned with some “enlightened” ideal. Our social outputs tend to reflect the depth and limitations of our understanding at any given time. As such, it’s reasonable to expect that these understandings — and the movements built upon them — will evolve. But because that evolution is ongoing, grounding tools like those from RxC in a neutral, inclusive framework increases their potential to serve diverse societies — even those outside shared ideologies. That said, RxC remains a meaningful contribution to human flourishing — both now and in the future. And that, to me, is part of their most radical promise.

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One area I’d like to see RadicalxChange evolve is by reducing its emphasis on activism. As Glen Weyl openly explores the role of faith in public life, there’s a certain beauty in that unfolding — and it understandably permeates the culture around RxC. But for RxC’s tools to truly support pluralistic flourishing, I believe they’re best deployed in a credibly neutral frame — not tied too closely to any one value system, even when they originate from deep personal conviction.

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“This follows from a broader social trend that we briefly discuss in Radical Markets, namely that radical technological innovation is widely praised and accepted in our culture, but radical social innovation is not.” We don’t just need new tech — we need conscious innovation that integrates social tools for societal benefit and tools which accommodate improvements in this change i.e., can be adapted by a variety of plural societies. This is an important reference point for rethinking that shift: https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archive/radicalxchange-academic-agenda#footnote8_4ajobc7

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When grassroots movements get elite-captured, old power dynamics replay: echo chambers, stale discourse, shallow capital (VCs), and stifled emergence. – Discourse becomes self-referential – Capital chases optics over depth – Innovation replaced by repetition This isn’t just Web3. It’s a pattern across domains — academic fields, vocations, cultural expression. When incumbents move in, they seize the narrative, and vibrancy fades. Usually takes about a decade. I hear echoes for a shift — a synthesis of the abstract with hardware, material artifacts, tangible tools of real change: something concrete and in-hand. @communitycoachcarmen articulates this particularly well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZiIG4Q5YA&t=115s This piece also captures the dynamic clearly: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-side-events-real-value-drivers-web3-conferences-2025-pokhare-5s8af/

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How it started Vs. How its going

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The 3 M’s reflect a deeper dialectic Haupt explores: Thesis — Centralized systems & institutions: structured, stabilizing, but rigid Antithesis — Grassroots movements: visionary & decentralized, but can be chaotic Synthesis — A grounded emergence: local, bioregional, civic—mixing mutual aid with civic infrastructure Like Glen Weyl’s vision: not network states (exclusive), but network societies — plural, interoperable, and emergent. Not exit or control — but coordination through coherence.

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The internet was meant to save us time. Ethereum imagined value could emerge from shared networks and community. But in practice, the more efficient our systems get, the more is expected of us. I've heard this issue presented to me by a peer that the pattern echoes the Red Queen Hypothesis: we keep moving faster just to stay in place. 🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen_hypothesis Generations before ours often say: life seems more convenient now, yet somehow more demanding. Schedules are fuller, expectations higher—even with all our tools. Maybe the real challenge isn’t building faster systems, but building ones that support integration.

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Michael Haupt’s framework explores: 1️⃣ Metaphysics – Evolution of consciousness and distributed intelligence as the universe’s purpose. 2️⃣ Metacrisis – A dialectical process shaping future governance: Technofeudalism vs. Bioregionalism, with Municipal Mutual Aid as the synthesis. 3️⃣ Municipalities – Practical transformation via networked bioregional governance, mutual credit systems, and values-driven societies.

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Discovered Michael Haupt through a thought-provoking interview with Manda Scott & Faith Tilleray—led me to his insightful framework on systems change. His channel dives deep into transformational thinking and is well worth a listen. 🌀 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6KZModVRAA

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What if markets—not governments or monopolies—could unlock more equality and innovation? Radical Markets (by Glen Weyl & Eric Posner) reimagines democracy & capitalism for the 21st century. 📚 Now’s a great time to give the audiobook a listen. 🎧 https://www.amazon.ca/Radical-Markets-Uprooting-Capitalism-Democracy/dp/0691177503

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Amazing grassroots use of quadratic voting to mediate win-wins in allocating community resources—explained clearly in this video by researcher Tara Karpinski. Popularized by Glen Weyl & Eric Posner, and championed by RadicalxChange & Vitalik Buterin, QV is seeing real civic uptake. 👇 🎥 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zLFSGaoP2U 🔗 CHI 2025: https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/program/content/189289

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🍳 Can you tell the difference? The richness of a pasture-raised egg yolk speaks volumes—deep, golden hues thanks to better nutrition & access to grass. Unlike free-range or organic eggs, which might still be confined. 🧀 Grass-fed, non-antibiotic dairy (like yogurt): pure, wholesome, and it keeps in balance the inner ecosystem of symbiotic life-forms within my body. 🥩 Meat on occasion? When raised through regenerative farming, wild grazing, or ethical practices, it supports healthy ecosystems. Balance, not excess! 🌍✨ #SustainableEating #RegenerativeFarming #PastureRaised #GrassFed #EthicalMeat

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