"Money doesn't make or do anything."
Doesn't it make you angry that you work relentlessly and are, most of us, paid for the work we do but are never rewarded for the contribution we make to the success of a company. Whereas the money gets the uplift in company values via the efforts of it's employees and management. Money doesn't make or do anything. It exists, enables companies to grow but ultimately the success of any business is in it's people and what they do with that money.
"Can we apply consensus networks and the blockchain to this issue?"
Things come to a head when the company that you have been instrumental in growing from zero to million dollar forfeits it's founding principles and abandons the people who enabled this to happen. Too many businesses value money higher than people and are then surprised by a reduction in commitment and high staff turnover. There are of course schemes out there like the Googles and Microsofts employ that have rewarded people for the success of the business they have committed most of their waking hours too. But too many of us are less fortunate. Is there a better way of engaging staff and rewarding commitment? And how equal should people be when the success of any business is measured? Does a sales manager who brings in a million dollar contract out value a data entry clerk who enables said contract to be billed? Can we apply consensus networks and the blockchain to this issue?
"Bitcoin is the tide that rises all..."
The blockchain is such a simple idea but it has spurred a different way of viewing and working within the world. We are no longer islands connected together but are now parts of an amorphous whole. Bitcoin is the tide that rises all boats, well those who had a stake and held onto it. Aren't all employees staking in a business? Can we consider that a business is like a Proof of Stake system where time is invested for money? Alas the majority do not feel the increase in value as their stake realises a successful business. Are there ways of building a Proof of Stake system for managing corporate value that reflects the work of it's employees as equally as money initially staked?
"... we should just go get better jobs..."
Maybe businesses can be run on the blockchain. And I don't mean like the ill fated DAO. But a system where employees are enrolled onto a system and their time commitment is their stake in it's success. A system of consensus where all benefit from success and failure. Or is this just over thinking the problem and we should just go get better jobs or argue for better conditions?
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