[HN Gopher] Writer Underwriting Writer
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       Writer Underwriting Writer
        
       Author : aspenmayer
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2024-10-23 05:56 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | aspenmayer wrote:
       | https://archive.is/BKxL3
        
       | aspenmayer wrote:
       | This is so amazing to see. I'm reminded of traditional
       | apprenticeship structures and guilds. I think it would be really
       | amazing if we could build modern worker-owner cooperatives,
       | worker compacts, and other mutual aid and mutual self-help
       | structures to invest in ourselves and our fellow workers in a
       | postive-sum future. If the work is worth doing, it's worth
       | funding and perpetuating.
       | 
       | Things like Patreon and GitHub sponsorships are subscription
       | based. I wonder if something that includes a compounding interest
       | bearing component could help make these funding mechanisms more
       | stable for those who benefit from them? Does anyone have any
       | ideas in this space?
        
       | FigurativeVoid wrote:
       | This is really very inspiring. As this sort of writing become
       | increasingly less valuable (in terms of income), I wonder what if
       | more people would be interested in these sorts of endowment
       | models.
        
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