{"id":24158,"date":"2026-07-10T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/?p=24158"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:18:16","slug":"capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paradox of Capitalism: Is Money Still a Reward?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"scien-302603068\" class=\"scien-before-content scien-entity-placement\"><style>\r\n.amazon-support-link {\r\n    display: inline-flex;\r\n    align-items: baseline;\r\n    gap: 0.3rem;\r\n    padding: 0.35rem 0.55rem;\r\n    color: inherit;\r\n    font-size: 0.88rem;\r\n    line-height: 1.2;\r\n    text-decoration: none;\r\n    opacity: 0.72;\r\n    white-space: nowrap;\r\n    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link:hover,\r\n.amazon-support-link:focus-visible {\r\n    opacity: 1;\r\n    text-decoration: underline;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link small {\r\n    font-size: 0.65rem;\r\n    opacity: 0.7;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media (max-width: 900px) {\r\n    .amazon-support-link small {\r\n        display: none;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<a class=\"amazon-support-link\"\r\n   href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=vpf04-20\"\r\n   target=\"_blank\"\r\n   rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"\r\n   aria-label=\"Shop on Amazon and support World Science DAO\">\r\n    Shop on Amazon <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span>\r\n    <small>affiliate link<\/small>\r\n<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitalism is commonly defended as a system of incentives. A person produces something valuable, society purchases it, and the person receives money. In this simplified picture, wealth is not merely property: it is a <strong>reward for useful action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But modern economic life increasingly contradicts this interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People may earn enormous sums from speculation, inherited assets, monopoly power, persuasive advertising, organizational politics, or control of platforms. At the same time, a mathematician, free-software developer, caregiver, teacher, independent scientist, or environmental volunteer may create substantial social value and receive little or nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This creates a profound paradox:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If money no longer rewards good or useful actions, what moral meaning does capitalism retain?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first sight, the conclusion appears obvious. If capitalism cannot connect contribution with reward, perhaps it has lost its justification and should be replaced by socialism or communism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That conclusion, however, is too fast. Money may have lost one meaning while retaining another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contemporary capitalism, money often functions less as a reward for usefulness and more as evidence of a person\u2019s <strong>demonstrated dedication to organizing and sustaining projects<\/strong>. That is an imperfect signal\u2014but still an economically important one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a>, or <strong>AIIM<\/strong>, attempts to restore the stronger meaning of money: payment as a reward for deeds that are actually useful. In a later economy dominated by superintelligence, money may acquire a third meaning\u2014as a mechanism through which human beings exercise governance over artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The historical progression can therefore be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Money was a practical reward for useful work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Money became an imperfect score for demonstrated project dedication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AIIM could make money a practical reward for usefulness again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Superintelligence may transform earning into a form of voting and human governance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#The_original_meaning_of_money_as_a_practical_reward\" >The original meaning of money as a practical reward<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Why_money_has_lost_its_meaning_as_a_reward_for_good_actions\" >Why money has lost its meaning as a reward for good actions<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Markets_reward_monetizable_demand_not_moral_value\" >Markets reward monetizable demand, not moral value<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Public_goods_are_systematically_under-rewarded\" >Public goods are systematically under-rewarded<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Ownership_is_rewarded_separately_from_contribution\" >Ownership is rewarded separately from contribution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Institutions_reward_measurable_proxies\" >Institutions reward measurable proxies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Persuasion_can_be_more_profitable_than_production\" >Persuasion can be more profitable than production<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Bargaining_power_affects_pay\" >Bargaining power affects pay<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Financial_rewards_may_alter_motivation\" >Financial rewards may alter motivation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Does_this_mean_capitalism_has_lost_all_meaning\" >Does this mean capitalism has lost all meaning?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Money_as_evidence_of_dedication_to_projects\" >Money as evidence of dedication to projects<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Why_this_limited_meaning_still_favors_capitalism\" >Why this limited meaning still favors capitalism<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#The_limitation_dedication_is_not_usefulness\" >The limitation: dedication is not usefulness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#AIIM_restoring_money_as_a_reward_for_useful_deeds\" >AIIM: restoring money as a reward for useful deeds<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#From_market_score_to_merit_score\" >From market score to merit score<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#AIIM_does_not_automatically_solve_the_measurement_problem\" >AIIM does not automatically solve the measurement problem<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#The_temporary_restoration_of_practical_reward\" >The temporary restoration of practical reward<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Superintelligence_and_the_declining_economic_value_of_human_deeds\" >Superintelligence and the declining economic value of human deeds<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Money_as_a_means_of_voting_over_AI\" >Money as a means of voting over AI<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Why_governance_rights_should_not_simply_equal_wealth\" >Why governance rights should not simply equal wealth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Four_stages_in_the_meaning_of_money\" >Four stages in the meaning of money<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Capitalism_should_be_repaired_not_interpreted_as_moral_truth\" >Capitalism should be repaired, not interpreted as moral truth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#The_deeper_paradox\" >The deeper paradox<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Conclusion_money_can_recover_meaning\" >Conclusion: money can recover meaning<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" >Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Has_money_stopped_rewarding_useful_work\" >Has money stopped rewarding useful work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Does_inequality_prove_that_capitalism_has_failed\" >Does inequality prove that capitalism has failed?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Why_can_capitalism_be_effective_if_money_does_not_measure_merit\" >Why can capitalism be effective if money does not measure merit?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#What_is_AI_Internet-Meritocracy\" >What is AI Internet-Meritocracy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Is_AIIM_a_form_of_socialism\" >Is AIIM a form of socialism?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Could_AIIM_replace_capitalism\" >Could AIIM replace capitalism?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#What_happens_to_money_after_superintelligence\" >What happens to money after superintelligence?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/capitalism\/#Why_would_superintelligent_AI_need_human_voters\" >Why would superintelligent AI need human voters?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_original_meaning_of_money_as_a_practical_reward\"><\/span>The original meaning of money as a practical reward<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a relatively simple economy, the relationship between work and reward is visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A farmer grows food. A carpenter builds furniture. A tailor makes clothing. A merchant transports goods from where they are abundant to where they are scarce. Customers directly experience the result and pay for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money therefore serves several functions simultaneously:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a medium of exchange;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a store of purchasing power;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a signal of demand;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and, at least approximately, a reward for useful production.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The connection was never perfect. History contains inheritance, exploitation, rent seeking, slavery, conquest, fraud, and monopoly. Nevertheless, in small-scale production, the relationship between contribution and payment was often comparatively direct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The baker who repeatedly produced bad bread lost customers. The craftsperson who produced durable tools acquired a reputation. Economic feedback was local, observable, and relatively rapid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this environment, money could plausibly be interpreted as a practical social message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou did something that another person considered useful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is closely related to the conventional defense of capitalism. Private ownership, voluntary exchange, prices, competition, and profit are supposed to coordinate decentralized decisions. Prices direct labor and capital toward uses for which others are willing to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, willingness to pay is not the same thing as social usefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_money_has_lost_its_meaning_as_a_reward_for_good_actions\"><\/span>Why money has lost its meaning as a reward for good actions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The modern economy separates <strong>value creation<\/strong>, <strong>value measurement<\/strong>, and <strong>value capture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A person can create value without being able to charge for it. Another person can capture money without creating an equivalent amount of value. The larger and more complicated the economy becomes, the weaker the moral interpretation of income becomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Markets_reward_monetizable_demand_not_moral_value\"><\/span>Markets reward monetizable demand, not moral value<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markets answer a particular question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much will somebody with purchasing power pay?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They do not directly answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much does this action benefit humanity?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These questions sometimes produce similar answers, but they can also diverge radically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cure for a neglected disease may have tremendous social importance but little commercial demand if the affected population is poor. A luxury status product may produce limited social benefit but attract high prices from wealthy consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markets weigh preferences by money. A billionaire\u2019s minor preference may have more market influence than the urgent needs of thousands of poor people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, market revenue measures <strong>effective demand<\/strong>, not usefulness in any complete ethical or civilizational sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Public_goods_are_systematically_under-rewarded\"><\/span>Public goods are systematically under-rewarded<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientific knowledge, free software, mathematical theorems, public datasets, educational materials, and environmental protection often benefit people who never pay their creators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once knowledge is publicly available, one person\u2019s use usually does not prevent another person from using it. It may also be difficult to exclude non-payers. These characteristics make basic research and other public goods difficult to finance through ordinary commercial transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The person who creates a public good may generate enormous value while capturing only a tiny part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is especially visible in science. Foundational discoveries can enable entire industries decades later, while the original researcher receives neither ownership of those industries nor payment proportional to their contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ownership_is_rewarded_separately_from_contribution\"><\/span>Ownership is rewarded separately from contribution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern income frequently comes from owning assets rather than performing new socially useful actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A person may receive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>rent from land;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dividends from inherited shares;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>capital gains caused by general market growth;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>royalties from intellectual property acquired from another person;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or profit from controlling infrastructure that others must use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some ownership performs a useful economic function. Investors accept risk, allocate capital, and sometimes exercise productive oversight. But ownership income cannot automatically be interpreted as a reward for the owner\u2019s good deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The asset may have been inherited. Its price may rise because of scarcity, network effects, regulation, or the work of unrelated people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money therefore accumulates partly according to prior ownership, not present usefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Institutions_reward_measurable_proxies\"><\/span>Institutions reward measurable proxies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Large organizations cannot directly observe every employee\u2019s true contribution. They rely on proxies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>hours worked;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sales figures;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>publication counts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>citations;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>credentials;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>job titles;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>quarterly revenue;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>standardized performance indicators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once a proxy becomes a target, people learn to optimize the proxy rather than the underlying purpose. This is the structure commonly associated with <strong>Goodhart\u2019s law<\/strong>: intense optimization of an imperfect measure can weaken or even reverse its relationship with the true objective. Research on machine-learning reward systems demonstrates the same general difficulty: an engineered reward is normally a proxy for the real goal, and over-optimizing that proxy can produce worse outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A university wants important research but counts publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A company wants durable customer value but rewards quarterly sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A government wants effective services but measures completed forms and budget utilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money is then attached to the metric\u2014not necessarily to the useful result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Persuasion_can_be_more_profitable_than_production\"><\/span>Persuasion can be more profitable than production<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advertising and marketing can communicate real value. They help customers discover products and allow innovators to reach users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet marketing can also distort allocation. A mediocre product with excellent promotion may outperform an excellent product that remains unknown. In attention markets, the capacity to attract clicks, stimulate emotion, or dominate distribution may be more profitable than solving an important problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consequently, market success may indicate that a project was effectively sold, not that it was exceptionally useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bargaining_power_affects_pay\"><\/span>Bargaining power affects pay<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Income depends not only on contribution but also on the ability to claim part of the resulting value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workers and creators with rare credentials, legal protection, institutional authority, strong networks, or control over distribution can negotiate higher compensation. Those lacking these advantages may be underpaid even when their work is valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question is therefore not merely, \u201cWhat did this person contribute?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat portion of the contribution could this person successfully capture?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Financial_rewards_may_alter_motivation\"><\/span>Financial rewards may alter motivation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money does not always strengthen socially beneficial motivation. Research on motivational crowding suggests that tangible rewards can, under certain conditions, weaken intrinsic motivation\u2014particularly for activities that people already find meaningful. The effect is context-dependent and does not imply that payment is generally harmful, but it undermines the simplistic assumption that more financial reward always produces more genuine commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The modern monetary system may therefore fail twice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It may reward the wrong actions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its rewards may sometimes displace the non-monetary motives that supported the right actions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_this_mean_capitalism_has_lost_all_meaning\"><\/span>Does this mean capitalism has lost all meaning?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not necessarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The argument that money no longer reliably measures usefulness does weaken one moral defense of capitalism. It becomes difficult to claim that every wealthy person deserves wealth because society has objectively judged their actions to be good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But capitalism does not depend exclusively on that claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its practical strength also comes from decentralized experimentation, private initiative, transferable resources, freedom to establish organizations, competition between projects, and the ability to reinvest accumulated capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Modern capitalism may therefore be interpreted in a more modest way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money is not a reliable score of human goodness or social usefulness. It is an imperfect record of demonstrated capacity and dedication within monetizable projects.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This interpretation is less morally satisfying, but more defensible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Money_as_evidence_of_dedication_to_projects\"><\/span>Money as evidence of dedication to projects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running a successful project usually requires more than having a valuable idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may require:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>sustained attention;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>planning;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>coordination;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>recruitment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>negotiation;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>risk tolerance;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>adaptation to failure;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>communication;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>financial discipline;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and years of repetitive work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A person who has built and maintained an organization has demonstrated some combination of these capacities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resulting money does not prove that the project was morally good. It does not prove that the person created all the value. It does not eliminate the roles of luck, inheritance, privilege, timing, or monopoly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, it may contain information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Past project performance is often relevant when predicting future project performance. Someone who has repeatedly coordinated teams, managed budgets, delivered products, and responded to changing conditions may be more likely than an untested person to execute another project successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money can therefore work as a crude certificate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis person has previously participated in projects capable of attracting and retaining resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It resembles an academic score. A high examination grade does not prove wisdom, creativity, morality, or future greatness. It indicates that the student performed well under a particular evaluation system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, wealth does not prove social merit. It indicates success under a particular economic system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_this_limited_meaning_still_favors_capitalism\"><\/span>Why this limited meaning still favors capitalism<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This interpretation helps explain why capitalism can outperform rigid central planning even when monetary rewards are morally inaccurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitalism permits individuals who have accumulated resources to initiate further projects without obtaining permission from a central authority. Some of these people accumulated money through genuine productive competence. Allowing them to reinvest can therefore create a feedback loop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A person demonstrates dedication by sustaining a project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The project generates income or attracts investment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The person gains control over additional resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Those resources finance another project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Successful execution produces further evidence of capability.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not a system for rewarding virtue. It is a system for <strong>selecting and reproducing organizational capacity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Socialist planning can theoretically allocate resources according to social need rather than private profit. But planners face severe informational and incentive problems. A ministry or committee must decide which projects deserve resources, who is competent to run them, when a failing project should be closed, and how unconventional ideas should be assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitalist markets distribute these decisions among many actors. Multiple investors, founders, workers, and consumers can make conflicting judgments. Failed experiments normally lose resources, while successful projects gain opportunities to expand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This decentralized selection mechanism is one reason capitalist economies have supported technological innovation and specialization, despite serious inequality and market failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strongest argument for capitalism is therefore not:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRich people are necessarily good or deserving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cControl of resources is partly assigned to people who have shown that they can organize projects, and decentralized reassignment is often more adaptive than centralized administrative selection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is a narrower and more realistic defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_limitation_dedication_is_not_usefulness\"><\/span>The limitation: dedication is not usefulness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A person can be extremely dedicated to a harmful, wasteful, deceptive, or trivial project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">History offers many examples of disciplined organizations pursuing bad objectives. Dedication is morally neutral. It measures persistence and organizational ability, not the worth of the goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This produces the central defect of modern capitalism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can identify who is effective at operating inside the reward system, but not reliably whether the rewarded result is good for humanity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A casino operator, manipulative advertising network, monopolistic intermediary, medical researcher, and open-source developer may all exhibit dedication. The market may reward the first three more than the last two because their value is easier to monetize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitalism is therefore efficient at some forms of selection while being poorly aligned with social merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is an engine with a distorted objective function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AIIM_restoring_money_as_a_reward_for_useful_deeds\"><\/span>AIIM: restoring money as a reward for useful deeds<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a> proposes a different allocation mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of rewarding only what can be sold, an AI-based system would evaluate a person\u2019s publicly documented contributions\u2014such as scientific research, inventions, educational work, or free-software development\u2014and allocate available funds according to their estimated value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The related <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/economic-formation\/\">AIIM economic model<\/a> describes the system as an automated scientific prize: rather than requiring each researcher or developer to win a conventional grant, sell a proprietary product, or persuade a small committee, the system would periodically evaluate contributions and distribute treasury funds proportionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intended transformation is fundamental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under conventional capitalism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money follows transactions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under bureaucratic grant systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money follows applications, credentials, institutional approval, and committee decisions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under AIIM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money is intended to follow useful contributions themselves.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This could reward activities that markets systematically undervalue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>basic scientific research;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mathematical theories;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>independent scholarship;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>maintenance of free software;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>replication studies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>negative experimental results;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>open educational resources;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>scientific communication;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and discoveries created outside established institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM would not abolish markets. People could still found companies, sell goods, invest, and trade. Instead, it would add a new layer of economic feedback specifically designed for public contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that sense, AIIM is neither conventional capitalism nor classical socialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It preserves freedom of initiative: people choose what to investigate or build. But the payment is not determined solely by sales or by a central planning ministry. It is allocated through algorithmic evaluation, auditable rules, a shared treasury, and human governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_market_score_to_merit_score\"><\/span>From market score to merit score<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM attempts to correct a category mistake in modern economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Market price answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow much can this result earn through exchange?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM aims to answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow useful is this result, including benefits that cannot easily be sold?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The distinction is particularly important for knowledge. The social value of a theorem, algorithm, scientific dataset, or free-software library may be distributed across millions of future uses. No individual transaction captures the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An AI system can, at least in principle, examine broader evidence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>dependencies between projects;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>citations and technical adoption;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>originality;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>downstream applications;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>expert criticism;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>replication;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>software usage;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>historical priority;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and benefits to other contributors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of treating each sale as a vote, it could model the contribution\u2019s place in a network of human knowledge and production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money would again become practical rather than ceremonial. It would finance the person who performed the useful work, allowing that person to continue working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AIIM_does_not_automatically_solve_the_measurement_problem\"><\/span>AIIM does not automatically solve the measurement problem<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM should not be described as an infallible judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An AI evaluator can inherit bias from training data, favor visible contributors, misunderstand unconventional research, be manipulated through search-engine optimization, or optimize inaccurate proxies. Prompt injection and fabricated evidence create additional risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AIIM proposal itself recognizes this problem and includes human voting over sanctions such as banning and unbanning malicious participants. It argues that human oversight is necessary because automated systems can share correlated vulnerabilities and cannot safely serve as their own final judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A credible merit-based system would therefore require:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>transparent evaluation criteria;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>explanations for allocations;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>appeal procedures;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>adversarial auditing;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>plural AI models;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>independent human review;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>anti-Sybil safeguards;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>correction of false information;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and governance capable of changing the rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objective is not to create an omniscient machine. It is to construct a better approximation of social usefulness than sales, inherited ownership, institutional prestige, or grant-writing skill alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM remains a proposed and developing model, not proof that the measurement problem has been solved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_temporary_restoration_of_practical_reward\"><\/span>The temporary restoration of practical reward<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suppose AIIM succeeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a period, money could again carry a relatively direct practical meaning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou performed a useful deed, and society is financing you because of that deed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A scientist who discovers an important principle would receive resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A programmer who maintains essential free infrastructure would be paid even if the software remains freely available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An educator whose materials improve learning could receive compensation without placing them behind a paywall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An independent researcher would not need a university position merely to become economically visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would restore the productive loop that the moral interpretation of capitalism promised but never fully delivered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Perform useful work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receive money.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the money to live and continue working.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Produce further useful results.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet even this restoration may be temporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Superintelligence_and_the_declining_economic_value_of_human_deeds\"><\/span>Superintelligence and the declining economic value of human deeds<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sufficiently capable superintelligence could outperform humans in many intellectual activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It might generate scientific hypotheses, prove theorems, design software, diagnose technical failures, optimize infrastructure, and produce educational materials faster than human specialists. Human work would then become less economically scarce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This creates another paradox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM is intended to reward useful human contributions more accurately. But if artificial intelligence eventually performs nearly all useful cognitive labor, there may be progressively fewer uniquely human contributions to reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money could no longer function primarily as compensation for productive human labor because human labor would no longer be the dominant productive input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A society facing this condition might adopt universal basic income, public ownership of AI infrastructure, social dividends, universal capital shares, or some combination of these mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But AIIM suggests another possible role for human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Money_as_a_means_of_voting_over_AI\"><\/span>Money as a means of voting over AI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even when AI systems perform most productive work, society will still face normative questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Which goals should AI pursue?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which risks are acceptable?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which projects should be prohibited?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How should resources be distributed?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which scientific directions deserve priority?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What constitutes abuse?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who may participate in governance?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can an automated decision be appealed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are not merely optimization problems. They determine whose values and interests govern civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AIIM model therefore gives humans a continuing role as judges and voters. Its proposed governance includes voting on whether participants should be banned or restored, with identity verification intended to limit manipulation through fake accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a broader discussion, see <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/ai-alignment\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23464\">AI Requi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/ai-requires-human-judgment\/\">res Human Judgment: A Future Beyond Terminator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In such a system, earning money could evolve into earning <strong>governance weight<\/strong>, eligibility, reputation, or some related capacity to influence the AI-mediated economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money would then stand between its previous meanings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would not be purely practical payment for labor, because machines would perform much of the labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would not be merely an impractical social score, because control over resources and governance would have real consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, it would become a <strong>constitutional instrument<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a socially recognized claim to participate in decisions about the automated systems that produce and distribute wealth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_governance_rights_should_not_simply_equal_wealth\"><\/span>Why governance rights should not simply equal wealth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This idea requires an important qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unrestricted \u201cone dollar, one vote\u201d governance would allow the richest participants to control the AI. That would reproduce oligarchy rather than preserve human agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, AI governance should distinguish among:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>money for consumption;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>money for investment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reputation for verified contribution;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>identity-based voting rights;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>delegated expertise;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and universal political rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM\u2019s current concept of one verified user receiving one vote on banning decisions points in this direction. Economic rewards and basic governance rights need not be identical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A robust future system might combine several principles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>one person, one vote<\/strong> for fundamental rights;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>earned reputation<\/strong> for technical or scientific judgments;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>limited delegation<\/strong> to trusted experts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>transparent AI recommendations<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and <strong>constitutional constraints<\/strong> that neither money nor majority voting can override.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money might support participation without becoming the sole source of political power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Four_stages_in_the_meaning_of_money\"><\/span>Four stages in the meaning of money<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development can be represented as four economic stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Stage<\/th><th>Primary meaning of money<\/th><th>Main allocation mechanism<\/th><th>Central weakness<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Early exchange economy<\/td><td>Practical reward for visible useful work<\/td><td>Direct exchange<\/td><td>Limited scale and unequal bargaining<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Modern capitalism<\/td><td>Score of market success and project dedication<\/td><td>Markets, ownership, institutions<\/td><td>Weak connection to total social usefulness<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>AIIM economy<\/td><td>Practical reward for evaluated useful contribution<\/td><td>AI evaluation with human governance<\/td><td>Bias, manipulation, and measurement errors<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Superintelligent economy<\/td><td>Claim to resources and participation in AI governance<\/td><td>Automated production plus constitutional voting<\/td><td>Risk of technocracy, oligarchy, or loss of human control<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transition is not necessarily linear. All four meanings may coexist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A worker may receive wages for practical labor. An investor may receive money because of ownership. A scientist may receive AIIM funding for public value. A citizen may use tokens or identity-based rights to govern an automated institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money is not one thing. Its social meaning depends on the institutions that issue, allocate, and recognize it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Capitalism_should_be_repaired_not_interpreted_as_moral_truth\"><\/span>Capitalism should be repaired, not interpreted as moral truth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The failure of money to measure goodness does not prove that every feature of capitalism should be abolished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It proves that market income should not be confused with moral desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitalism remains useful as a decentralized mechanism for testing initiatives, organizing production, and identifying some forms of sustained project competence. But it should not be expected to measure every kind of contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Socialist institutions can correct market failures, guarantee basic services, fund public goods, and reduce destructive inequality. Yet centralized systems can also become bureaucratic, politically captured, conservative toward unconventional ideas, and dependent on imperfect administrative metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The relevant choice is therefore not necessarily capitalism <strong>or<\/strong> socialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A more productive question is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which allocation mechanism is suitable for each type of resource and decision?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markets may remain effective for ordinary goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public provision may be necessary for universal services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic institutions should govern fundamental rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI-assisted merit systems may be useful for rewarding public intellectual and technical contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future economy may be a synthesis rather than an ideological victory by one nineteenth- or twentieth-century model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_deeper_paradox\"><\/span>The deeper paradox<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitalism works partly because money does <strong>not<\/strong> perfectly measure virtue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It rewards persistence, adaptation, persuasion, risk taking, coordination, and the ability to maintain an organization under real constraints. These capabilities are useful for running projects, even when the project\u2019s social value is uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But capitalism becomes morally dangerous when success under its rules is treated as proof of personal worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wealth may indicate dedication. It may indicate ownership. It may indicate bargaining power, luck, monopoly, institutional position, or inherited advantage. Usually it reflects several of these factors at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM proposes to add missing information: an explicit evaluation of usefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its purpose is not merely to distribute more money to researchers and developers. It is to change what receiving money communicates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the present system, wealth often says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis person successfully captured economic value.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under AIIM, a payment would aim to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis person produced a contribution that benefits others.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under superintelligence, an earned economic position might eventually say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis human remains an acknowledged participant in governing the intelligence that operates society.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion_money_can_recover_meaning\"><\/span>Conclusion: money can recover meaning<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money has not become meaningless. Its meaning has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was once closely associated with direct, visible, useful production. In modern capitalism, it has become an indirect and often distorted signal of market success, ownership, and dedication to projects. This is similar to a score: informative within a system, but easily mistaken for a complete judgment of merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That remaining signal helps explain capitalism\u2019s resilience. People who have demonstrated the ability to sustain projects are sometimes well positioned to run future projects. Decentralized reinvestment can use this information more flexibly than centralized allocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But dedication alone is insufficient. Society also needs to know whether a project is useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a> proposes to restore this missing connection by evaluating and rewarding scientific, technical, and other public contributions that markets frequently fail to finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a transitional period, this could make money practical again: useful work would provide the means to continue useful work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Superintelligence may eventually weaken that model by making human productive deeds economically less important. Yet it would not eliminate the need for human judgment. Money, reputation, identity, and governance rights could then converge into a new institution through which people supervise AI, contest its decisions, and determine the ends toward which automated production is directed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future meaning of earning may therefore be neither ordinary wages nor a meaningless score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may be the right to remain a participant in civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span>Frequently Asked Questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Has_money_stopped_rewarding_useful_work\"><\/span>Has money stopped rewarding useful work?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not completely. Markets still reward many useful products and services. The problem is that income also depends on ownership, scarcity, bargaining power, marketing, institutional position, and the ability to monetize a contribution. Money is therefore an unreliable measure of total social usefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_inequality_prove_that_capitalism_has_failed\"><\/span>Does inequality prove that capitalism has failed?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inequality alone does not establish that every capitalist mechanism has failed. It does show that market outcomes cannot automatically be interpreted as fair rewards. The relevant questions include how wealth was acquired, whether opportunities were equal, and whether the resulting allocation improves or harms society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_can_capitalism_be_effective_if_money_does_not_measure_merit\"><\/span>Why can capitalism be effective if money does not measure merit?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Money can still contain information about project execution. Building a profitable organization may demonstrate persistence, coordination, adaptability, and resource management. These qualities can help predict the ability to run future projects, although they do not prove moral merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_AI_Internet-Meritocracy\"><\/span>What is AI Internet-Meritocracy?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a> is an app in which artificial intelligence evaluates documented scientific, technical, and other contributions and distributes treasury funds according to estimated usefulness. Human governance would supervise sanctions, disputes, and risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_AIIM_a_form_of_socialism\"><\/span>Is AIIM a form of socialism?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has similarities to socialism because payments are not determined solely through market exchange. However, it does not require a central plan assigning people their work. Individuals remain free to choose projects, while an evaluation system rewards completed contributions. It is better understood as a proposed hybrid economic institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Could_AIIM_replace_capitalism\"><\/span>Could AIIM replace capitalism?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM is more plausibly a complement to markets than a complete replacement. Markets could continue allocating ordinary private goods, while AIIM finances public goods and useful contributions that cannot be adequately monetized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_happens_to_money_after_superintelligence\"><\/span>What happens to money after superintelligence?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one knows with certainty. If superintelligence performs most productive work, money may shift from being primarily a wage for labor toward being a claim on automated production, a social dividend, an investment right, or an instrument of governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_would_superintelligent_AI_need_human_voters\"><\/span>Why would superintelligent AI need human voters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technical intelligence does not by itself establish legitimate social goals. Humans must still determine rights, priorities, acceptable risks, sanctions, and distribution principles. 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