this is a follow up on my VIAAC Blog
In any given community with a wide variety of skill-sets, the interconnectivity of its service network will determine the efficiency with which it can satisfy service demands. Other variables that will affect the supply and demand of services, include service quality assurance measures, community standard of health and productivity, transport efficiency, physical resource access and distribution policy, and the level of variation of services offered. It is however important to note that each of these variables is rendered pointless if the service network is not adequately interconnected.
So in order to maximise the interconnectivity within a community, a detailed and dynamic social network is required. Fortunately, we now exist in a world that has given birth to the internet and, more recently, the evolution of precisely the kind of interlinking tools needed to make a community service network a viable alternative to the current scarcity based service paradigm.
Social networking has fast become one of the largest and most pervasive industries of our generation, and it holds the key to the fundamental interconnectivity needed for efficient community service networks.
As a simple example for illustration purposes:
John is a 35 year old mid-level office manager for an accounting firm. John lives in an inner-city apartment building along with 217 other residents. John's toilet has just broken down and being an office manager, John knows nothing about plumbing, and thus he needs a plumber.
Pre-internet:
He picks up the yellow pages, and looks under plumbers, finding a vast array. He tries three numbers before finding one in his area, has to wait till the next day to be seen to, and is finally overcharged for the work done, because it turns out to be a simple blockage, but the full call-out fee is still owed...
With the internet:
John searches Google plumbers in his area and finds a vast array. He contacts three before he finds one that is affordable. The job is finished on the same day, but the service is still overcharged because a complete call-out was needed for something minor.
In a VIAAC:
John checks with the VIAACSN, the problem is assessed based on simple questions formulated by the community's plumbers and he is notified that a plumber's apprentice can do the job, and as it happens, there is one living two floors above him. The job is done on the same day, costing the appropriate amount and utilizing the most efficient resource solution.
Thus:
The VIAACSN would be a smart social network, working across multiple platforms to utilize the full range of skill-sets offered within the community, Assessing the stated needs of it's users and recommending efficient solutions according to basic templates designed by the entire body of service providers.
But in order for a Smart Social Network to be able to make qualitative and quantitative decisions about services, we must provide it with a means to evaluate services.
VIAAC services can fall into three major types.
Geo-Local,
Geo-Tied,
Geo-Global.
Geo-Local being those services available within the geographical area inhabited by the community. eg. Plumber.
Geo-Tied being those services tied to a particular geographical location, usually outside the community. eg. Rooibos Tea Farmer (which only grows well in one area of the world)
And Geo-Global being those services that have no geographical limitations. eg. Web designer.
Each service category has differing variables, and would thus need differing evaluation methodologies, but since all human interaction can be expressed in terms of energy, all that is needed, is three formulas with which to determine the energy value of the three different types of service.
It is important to note, that as a transition system, the VIAAC is not designed to function at 100% efficiency until a full global network is established, since the full range of human services cannot exist within a single geographical area, but it is designed to increase output, efficiency and quality of service of any given individual VIAAC.
In any given community with a wide variety of skill-sets, the interconnectivity of its service network will determine the efficiency with which it can satisfy service demands. Other variables that will affect the supply and demand of services, include service quality assurance measures, community standard of health and productivity, transport efficiency, physical resource access and distribution policy, and the level of variation of services offered. It is however important to note that each of these variables is rendered pointless if the service network is not adequately interconnected.
So in order to maximise the interconnectivity within a community, a detailed and dynamic social network is required. Fortunately, we now exist in a world that has given birth to the internet and, more recently, the evolution of precisely the kind of interlinking tools needed to make a community service network a viable alternative to the current scarcity based service paradigm.
Social networking has fast become one of the largest and most pervasive industries of our generation, and it holds the key to the fundamental interconnectivity needed for efficient community service networks.
As a simple example for illustration purposes:
John is a 35 year old mid-level office manager for an accounting firm. John lives in an inner-city apartment building along with 217 other residents. John's toilet has just broken down and being an office manager, John knows nothing about plumbing, and thus he needs a plumber.
Pre-internet:
He picks up the yellow pages, and looks under plumbers, finding a vast array. He tries three numbers before finding one in his area, has to wait till the next day to be seen to, and is finally overcharged for the work done, because it turns out to be a simple blockage, but the full call-out fee is still owed...
With the internet:
John searches Google plumbers in his area and finds a vast array. He contacts three before he finds one that is affordable. The job is finished on the same day, but the service is still overcharged because a complete call-out was needed for something minor.
In a VIAAC:
John checks with the VIAACSN, the problem is assessed based on simple questions formulated by the community's plumbers and he is notified that a plumber's apprentice can do the job, and as it happens, there is one living two floors above him. The job is done on the same day, costing the appropriate amount and utilizing the most efficient resource solution.
Thus:
The VIAACSN would be a smart social network, working across multiple platforms to utilize the full range of skill-sets offered within the community, Assessing the stated needs of it's users and recommending efficient solutions according to basic templates designed by the entire body of service providers.
But in order for a Smart Social Network to be able to make qualitative and quantitative decisions about services, we must provide it with a means to evaluate services.
VIAAC services can fall into three major types.
Geo-Local,
Geo-Tied,
Geo-Global.
Geo-Local being those services available within the geographical area inhabited by the community. eg. Plumber.
Geo-Tied being those services tied to a particular geographical location, usually outside the community. eg. Rooibos Tea Farmer (which only grows well in one area of the world)
And Geo-Global being those services that have no geographical limitations. eg. Web designer.
Each service category has differing variables, and would thus need differing evaluation methodologies, but since all human interaction can be expressed in terms of energy, all that is needed, is three formulas with which to determine the energy value of the three different types of service.
It is important to note, that as a transition system, the VIAAC is not designed to function at 100% efficiency until a full global network is established, since the full range of human services cannot exist within a single geographical area, but it is designed to increase output, efficiency and quality of service of any given individual VIAAC.