EP
Externality Pricing
How can we properly account for the costs and benefits of actions that affect others?
Solution: Index Wallets
Our Ambitious Mission
Our Approach
The problems as we see them
CR
Counterfactual Reasoning
How can we understand "what would have happened otherwise" to make better decisions?
Solution: Collective Intelligence
PR
Power Regulation
How can we prevent concentration and abuse of power in governance systems?
We're inspired by quadratic funding and connection-oriented cluster matching.
Our Methods
For Externality Pricing
We use values-embedded vector money, a new way to encode social values directly into financial instruments.
For Counterfactual Reasoning
We build collective intelligence systems through platforms like Negation Game that enable reasoned disagreement and self-validating behavior.
For Power Regulation
We're exploring mechanisms inspired by quadratic funding and connection-oriented approaches. We need your help to solve this challenge.
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The Negation Game
A protocol layer for reasoned disagreement: powered by economic incentives, governed by epistemic values, and designed for minds willing to change.
A discussion platform built on principles of epistemic accountability and honest intellectual discourse. Unlike traditional platforms, it implements economic incentives that reward intellectual honesty and evidence-based reasoning.
Epistemic ValuesEconomic IncentivesTruth-Seeking
Index Wallets
Voluntary taxation, wealth equalization, and funding for public goods.
A programmable wallet that enables voluntary taxation through economic mechanisms. Index wallets create wealth-equalizing dynamics while funding public goods through selfish taxation principles.
Public GoodsWealth EqualityEconomic Mechanism
Frequently Asked Questions
The Network Goods Institute is a research organization focused on building coordination mechanisms for collective intelligence and externality pricing using counterfactual reasoning, economic incentives, and epistemic values.
Coordination mechanisms are systems designed to help groups make better decisions collectively. They include protocols, incentive structures, and governance systems that align individual actions with collective goals.
Counterfactual reasoning involves thinking about 'what would have happened otherwise' - analyzing alternative scenarios to better understand causation and make more informed decisions about resource allocation and policy.
The Negation Game is a protocol layer for reasoned disagreement that uses economic incentives and epistemic values to reward intellectual honesty and evidence-based reasoning in discussions.
Index Wallets are programmable wallets that enable voluntary taxation through economic mechanisms, creating wealth-equalizing dynamics while funding public goods through selfish taxation principles.
Our coordination mechanisms are designed for organizations, communities, and individuals interested in improving group decision-making, funding public goods, or implementing more effective governance systems.