Alberto Cottica

Post-growth economist, citizen, runner. Network science, complex systems, digital anthropology, collective intelligence. Co-founder of Edgeryders, currently at UNDP Accelerator Labs. Ex minor rockstar. Thoughts my own.

#economics
#degrowth
#postgrowth
#anthropology
#NetworkScience

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2024-09-17 10:06:58

1/2 Dear fellow Europeans, I am respectfully asking you to consider signing this European Citizen Initiative to institute a billionaire tax. It was invented by leading French economist Thomas Piketty; I read the whole thing, and it is technically excellent. Hit me if you have questions, but please sign it, it is important.
https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/
It needs 1 million signatures (currently 300K) and seven countries over their threshold (currently three: Denmark, France, Germany).

2024-08-19 16:45:50

I have been considering Obsidian as a note-taking tool (for now I use mostly Freeplane). What do people think? In what circumstances would the extra investment in climbing the learning curve be worth it?
Grateful for thoughts and pointers. 🙂
#obsidian

2024-06-22 17:30:58

Things you find yourself doing when building a #cohousing. In case you are wondering, we were preparing the site for sampling the soil to make sure it's not polluted: Alin here was trying to compact the branches of the buddleyas that have colonized it.
About the cohousing in question: https://thereef.brussels
https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/112/661/442/720/294/812/original/1bd3ea539b99ebf3.mp4

2024-06-21 08:01:14

If you are looking for high-quality shared accommodation in #Brussels, this might be for you: a room has become available in our friendly cohousing in Forest.
Boosts appreciated.
https://www.appartager.be/colocation-saint-gilles-sint-gillis/airy-luminous-cohousing-with-two-lofts-and-a-garden/H220905115014149

2024-05-28 15:22:56

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@npub1csg…pfvq bit extreme, but interesting, take.

2024-04-28 16:01:00

"From where I'm standing, the American Climate Corps has the potential to be the flagship Green New Deal policy. It delivers climate action, workforce upskilling, workers’ rights and Keynesian benefits, all at the same time. It has the scale and the lineage. If the CCC’s experience is anything to go by, it will lift the morale of those participating in it, and will be hugely popular."
http://www.cottica.net/2024/04/28/green-new-deal-redux-reflecting-on-the-american-climate-corps/
#greenNewDeal #ClimateAction

2024-04-08 16:29:09

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@npub1auc…gwhk let me know when you find one, please?

2024-03-25 20:23:02

@npub1uyx…dmcm you seem to be a bit of a Mastodon ninja. Can you help me find a new server that does not plan to federate with Threads? Where I am now: EU-based, interested in climate, lots of European languages (German, Dutch, French, Spanish...) I pay a little every month.

2024-03-20 11:31:47

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@npub1psd…9sr7 can I ask: what was Banks's original phrase?

2024-03-17 21:19:16

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@npub1jq9…jqnl @npub1auc…gwhk just @npub1qzc…yetl having a similar take on "The Dawn of Everything", but one of us being more impressed with the book than the other. I would be curious about your own take.
Bread: https://bookwyrm.social/user/BreadAndCircuses/review/624296/s/review-of-the-dawn-of-everything-on-goodreads#anchor-624296
Me: https://edgeryders.eu/t/what-david-graeber-and-david-wengrows-the-dawn-of-everything-has-in-common-with-sci-fi-economics/16640?u=alberto

2024-03-17 18:12:29

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@npub1qzc…yetl I understand the frustration. On the other hand, researchers deal in questions first, and answers only much later. Coming up with a good question is a major contribution. Would be curious to get @npub1jq9…jqnl's and @npub1auc…gwhk 's take!

2024-03-17 14:59:14

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@npub1qzc…yetl hello Bread, thanks for that. I should probably myself get on BookWyrm...
Anyway, FWIW, I agree with your analysis but come to a different conclusion: https://edgeryders.eu/t/what-david-graeber-and-david-wengrows-the-dawn-of-everything-has-in-common-with-sci-fi-economics/16640?u=alberto

2024-02-18 20:21:20

@npub1psa…xhme @npub192j…w9st I don't quite understand how the activitypub plugin for WordPress (self-hosted) works. Does the plugin transform my blog into its own instance, with one user per author? If not, should I create an account for my blog? Checked the GitHub Readme, but it seems the point is to obvious that it is not worth mentioning... but not to me!

2024-02-10 09:20:41

All I want is for people to pull together and tackle this climate mess, whatever it takes. Is that too much to ask? Yes, it's going to be hard, but, by the Gods, what an adventure. What a way to make our lives count.

2024-02-06 20:42:37

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@npub1sej…p32v that's cities for you. I ditched my last car in 2004.
I do own a personal vehicle, though. It's a bicycle, mechanical, no batteries or engines. Maybe 12 kilos.

2024-01-20 23:28:01

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@npub1lce…r0hp @npub1uyx…dmcm Thanks both!

2024-01-20 23:21:59

Hello all, I am interested in following the news about the "PIS rollback" in #Poland, but I cannot speak or read Polish. What can I read in Englis, French or Italian? @npub1uyx…dmcm , any pointers?

2023-09-21 14:12:45

Il dinosauro perde le scaglie, ma assolutamente NON il vizio. È uscita (si dice ancora "è uscita" di una canzone?) "Combat folk" con Cisco Bellotti, Giovanni Rubbiani e Massimo Giuntini. https://open.spotify.com/album/3rigNzGtPlT48iSdPWTQ7D?si=BAedNTbGS12SEVax259tOQ&nd=1

2023-09-05 16:57:20

Is there a Firefox extension to always reject performance and marketing cookies? Y'all AI wizards must have solved that problem with classifiers and shit.

2023-09-05 11:44:59

Is anyone else going to the New Economies event in Rotterdam next week? https://p4neinrotterdam.squarespace.com/
#economics #degrowth #postgrowth

2023-09-02 07:41:05

Is anybody aware of climate protests scheduled for the fall in #Brussels? #ClimateCrisis