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Dec 17, 2024·Journal of Intelligent and Sustainable Systems (JISS)
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The Societal Implications of Blockchain Technology in the Evolution of Humanity as a “Superorganism”

Martin Schmalzried

This article examines the broader societal implications of blockchain technology and crypto-assets, emphasizing their role in the evolution of humanity as a "superorganism" with decentralized, self-regulating systems. Drawing on a process philosophy approach grounded in Stiegler's "general organology" and further informed by related concepts such as Nate Hagens' "superorganism" idea and Francis Heylighen's "global brain" theory, the paper contextualizes blockchain technology within the ongoing evolution of governance systems and global systems such as the financial system. Blockchain's decentralized nature, in conjunction with advancements like artificial intelligence and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), could transform traditional financial, economic, and governance structures by enabling the emergence of collective distributed decision-making and global coordination. In parallel, the article aligns blockchain's impact with developmental theories such as Spiral Dynamics. This framework is used to illustrate heuristically blockchain's potential to foster societal growth beyond hierarchical models, promoting a shift from centralized authority to collaborative and self-governed communities. The analysis, grounded in sense-making through a philosophical and biomimetical approach, and aims at providing a holistic narrative and view of blockchain as more than an economic tool, positioning it as a transductive technological seed for the evolution of society into a mature, interconnected global planetary organism.

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Social and Behavioral Studies
Impulse Buying and Technology Impacts
Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
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Jun 3, 2022·˜The œEuropean Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Intercultural And Inter-Ethnic Communication Problems

Ekaterina V. Titova

The article presents the experience of coordinated work of public organizations, state authorities and local self-governments on strengthening harmonized interethnic interaction in the region with a multi-ethnic population. It is noted that the intercultural communication in the Jewish Autonomous Region is presented in the context of preserving national security. Making favourable intercultural interactions is based, first of all, on personal changes when matching another ethnic culture is achieved. The practical significance of the research is caused by the growing interest in studying social and ethnocultural aspects of migrants’ adaptation for the activities of educational institutions, national-cultural autonomies and various state civil social institutions to introduce necessary adjustments, in particular, in the behavioural stereotypes of migrants. That is what seems to be a vital purpose. The importance of involving professionals from state authorities, holding regular ethnocultural events to maintain a harmonized image of the region within the inter-ethnic communication is focused. At present, interethnic and intercultural processes developing within the modernization of the public sphere and significant decentralization of the state mechanism are marked by significant regional characteristics. In particular, regional authorities are the main participants of ethnocultural policy. All this determines the relevance of studying theoretical and practical problems of harmonization of interethnic relations both at the macro-sociological level and at the level of regional multi-ethnic communities.

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Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends
Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies
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Jan 8, 2021·Administrative Consulting
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The State’s Attitude to Cryptocurrency as an Indicator of Its Trust in Society

Olga Antoncheva, Т. Е. Апанасенко

It is proposed to justify the applicability of indicators of state confidence in civil society, that is, the state’s faith in the loyalty of society to it and in the ability to maintain its own legitimacy. The first indicator is the legalization of cryptocurrency, the second is the creation of a state cryptocurrency. There is a direct connection between the degree of legalization of cryptocurrency and the level of state confidence in the loyalty of society to it. The creation of state national cryptocurrency is a signal of a drop in state confidence in its own legitimacy.

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Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation
Legal and Policy Issues
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Jan 1, 2011·DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
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RUSSIAN CULTURAL POLITICS: DECENTRALIZATION OR CENTRALIZATION?

Elena A. Blagorodova

<p>Successful cultural politics in Russia may be carried out on the basis of its management decentralization principle. Regional and municipal culture development is not possible without common national cultural aims and priorities. The state should play an essential role, however<br />regional cultures should be given self-development possibilities. Culture management decentralization should not get reduced to the financing issues. Decentralization priority aim should be improvement in efficiency of both cultural organizations and governmental authorities of the<br />federal and local levels.</p>

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Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
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