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Fluidity represents the smart economy, a neurological upgrade that works alongside
and greatly improves the responsiveness of the economy. It harnesses competition,
profit-making & cost-saving behaviours to increase velocity and uptake of products
and services, the sale of which brings i) urgently needed economic outcomes, or ii)
above average sectoral socioeconomic and/or environmental value.
Fluidity uses a digital credit to form hybrid transactions, whereby the cost to the
buyer comprises digital credits + sterling. Crucially, the digital credit component of
the transaction is subject to adjustable parameters. One of these parameters is set
by the manufacturer, retailer or service provider; the other two are set by the
administering agency, according to data analysis and contextual priorities. The
parameter set by the merchant, retailer or service provider is Gearing. This is the
ratio of (digital credits) : (sterling) within the hybrid purchase price of any product or
service offered by the vendor using Fluidity1.
1
Uptake of Fluidity will likely be optimal if elective, on a per-product basis
The purchaser of this item, product or service can purchase it with less sterling than
would be the case in the absence of Fluidity.
This is a powerful driver for further waves of adoption, among larger business and
organisations who are suppliers and clients of credit-wealthy entities. For these new
parties, participation becomes logical, with ample proof of concept in the form of the
experience gained by companies in their supply chain and customer base who are
known to them and who, though smaller in size, are successfully leveraging Fluidity
to improve their bottom line.
More actors means greater competition, more options for buyers and more products
and services on which credits can be spent. Deeper waves of adoption and the
increasing number of credit-rich actors will drive larger and larger (Fluidity + sterling)
transactions, resulting in organic sectoral stimulus and a visible boosting of GDP.
These are some primary dynamics of Fluidity that render participating sectors and
the broader economy more competitive with it than without it. They provide basic
functions for a thriving economic ecosystem in which individuals and businesses
experience powerful new incentives to participate. The same pull to participation is
anticipated on a transnational basis.
The three adjustable parameters together allow the system to be intelligently steered
towards long-term health – and its economic actors towards prosperity, while
supporting great diversity of autonomous behaviours. They provide the basis for a
thriving ecosystem based on competition and self-interest, used to shepherd us
towards stability and sustainable growth. The potentially infinite combinations of
parameter values allow Fluidity to be used for an unlimited theoretical number of
economic, social and environmental applications and contexts.
Fluidity engineers a race to the top for any social or economic priority, product
or service within its umbrella.
Transactions will occur via an automated digital platform, user accounts, swipe cards
and digital payment platforms, providing reliability and ease of use. Fluidity can also
be adapted to the specific technology matrix in developing countries, for example
using SMS banking platforms where smartphone penetration is low.
The Fluidity ecosystem has at its foundation proven principles of natural ecosystems,
in which a robust struggle for success on the part of individuals almost always
improves the complexity and resilience of the whole.
Andrew Fynn
andrewjfynn@gmail.com
2
This is the same way that predictive models are deployed and improved – application to the context, testing
for accuracy using known data points, then refining of the model to improve its accuracy to predict and/or
generate outcomes; then extended application.